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What Is An Unconstitutional "Other Tax" On Voting? Construing The Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Allison Hayward
What Is An Unconstitutional "Other Tax" On Voting? Construing The Twenty-Fourth Amendment, Allison Hayward
Allison Hayward
This Article looks closely at the 24th Amendment and the origin and application of “poll tax or other tax” (meant here to include any form of tax, fee or charge imposed as a precondition to voting), the history of anti-poll tax reform, the intended scope of such reforms, and suggest a way to decide what voting prerequisites could be unconstitutional “poll taxes.” The analysis in this Article isolates the question of defining “poll tax or other tax” under the 24th Amendment from what constitutes a severe burden or a “reasonable” requirement in equal protection doctrine. The 24th Amendment should be …
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 …
Render Unto Caesar, Inc., Allison Hayward
Render Unto Caesar, Inc., Allison Hayward
Allison Hayward
The Supreme Court’s FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life decision fits comfortably into a legacy of decisions in which the Supreme Court has toyed with Congress’s ability to restrict the political speech of “outside groups.” In these cases, the Court offers a schizophrenic vision of political regulation. It seems unable to conclude whether the independent opinions of certain social actors, spread among the public via the “expenditure” of their funds, poses a corrupting danger to campaigns or elections that justified deference to Congress’s regulatory choices. If it does, Congress should be able to step in and restrict such pernicious activity. …