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Revisiting The Fable Of Reform, Allison Hayward
Revisiting The Fable Of Reform, Allison Hayward
Allison Hayward
The modern campaign finance fable has its root in progressive political arguments. Advocates placed great faith in the management by experts of social problems, and the application of scientific principles to politics. For campaign finance reform, this meant the study of campaigns, the diagnosis of corruption and the prescription of legislative remedies. To sustain this idea over time, as it turns out, required a fable. That fable justified past reform efforts as calculated, measured and reasonable remedies, prescribed by Congress (or legislators, or regulators) after careful examination of political ailments. As new symptoms arise, the fable taught that lawmakers (or …
Election Day At The Bar, Allison Hayward
Election Day At The Bar, Allison Hayward
Allison Hayward
Abstract: Election Day At The Bar Allison R. Hayward Since the 2000 election, national parties and a number of special interest groups have changed how they “lawyer up” for election day. They recruit nationally for attorneys to work in whatever “hot spots” develop. Yet in key jurisdictions their activities may amount to the unauthorized practice of law (“UPL’) UPL discipline of these attorneys may seem unlikely so long as all participants in elections desire to mobilize these volunteers. Yet enforcement could be triggered once local interests who rely on suppression or fraud recognize that outside volunteers will cause them to …