Jessica Levinson
Jessica Levinson is an Associate Clinical Professor at Loyola Law School. She focuses on the intersection of law and government.
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Physical altercations are, to be charitable, counterproductive and feed into the dislike and distrust of politicians.
It seems to me that this was a missed opportunity for two individuals with comparable goals to use a terribly imperfect process to achieve a common aim.
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to hundreds of high school students for a "Constitution Day" event.
This is good news for all of you procrastinators out there.
Prop 32 says it will limit the money from unions and corporations to political campaigns, but only one is really affected.
Californians may soon be able to obtain more information about those giving and spending money in political campaigns.
It is distressingly easy to amend our state constitution through a disturbingly broken process, the ballot initiative process.
There were more than 70 fundraisers this month as legislators were finalizing the session, voting on numerous bills.
This strikes me as a terrific way to use technology to enhance civic engagement.
Challenging election law could be costly, thanks to a recent case ruling. Let's hope this decision gets appealed.
One of my least favorite things about the ballot initiatives process is the huge sums that those in favor and against these measures typically shell out during the election cycle.
The historically scandal-plagued county of San Bernardino has taken a step in the right direction.