Description: This course analyzes the legal regulation of the American political system. The class will concentrate on two issues: first, the equal protection concept of "One Person, One Vote" within the context of partisan and racial gerrymandering, as well as the Voting Rights Act; second, federal campaign finance regulation. Additional topics will include the constitutional rights of political parties and the law relating to ballot propositions. The class is both descriptive, in that we will discuss current legislation and case law, as well as normative, in that we also will discuss what the law in these areas should be. The class will have an interdisciplinary flavor, as it will include upper-class political science students.
- Teacher: Todd Lochner