“Since the FEC doesn’t have a quorum, there is no controlling legal authority requiring me to abide by the laws I helped write.”
Since the FEC doesn’t have a quorum, there is no controlling legal authority requiring me to abide by the laws I helped write.
Paul Kiel of TPM Muckraker picks up the money quote, from a Republican election lawyer interviewed by Matthew Mosk and Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post: McCain’s position is “like saying you’re going to break into houses because the sheriff is out of town.”
To borrow a line from Hillary Clinton, the next nine months could be “the fun part.”
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
UCLA Homepage
Curriculum Vitae
Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com
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