[EL] McComish (and let's stop calling it that) Decided

[Youn, Monica]

My mistake. Congrats, Bill, and please forgive the sour grapes.
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From: Bill Maurer [wmaurer at ij.org]
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 11:12 AM
To: Youn, Monica
Cc: Rick Hasen; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] McComish (and let's stop calling it that) Decided

Monica,

We cited the CCEC's website and its language in our brief, which the Chief references in his discussion.  I don't think it's "unseemly" for a court to take notice of a statement discussed in a party's briefs that points out that their opposing party has made assertions, and continues to make assertions, that completely contradicts their arguments before the Court.

Regards,

Bill

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On Jun 27, 2011, at 11:05 AM, "Youn, Monica" <YounM at exchange.law.nyu.edu> wrote:

> CJ Roberts mentioned at oral argument that he had "checked the Citizens' Clean Elections Commission website this morning, and it says that this act was passed to, quote, "level the playing field" when it comes to running for office. Why isn't that clear evidence that it's unconstitutional?""
> The "level the playing field" language doesn't appear on the front page or on any of the substantive pages of the CCEC website, and I don't believe this website link was provided in any of the briefs by parties or amici. There's something unseemly about the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court conducting his own independent factual investigation digging for "gotcha" language.  This is especially true given that the language at issue isn't evidence of discrimination, but instead simply expresses an aspiration toward *shock! horror!* equality.
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> Ouch!<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19693>
> Posted on June 27, 2011<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19693> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> A fn. in CJ Roberts’ opinion: “Prior to oral argument in this case, the Citizens Clean Elections Commission’s Web site stated that “ ‘The Citizens Clean Elections Act was passed by the people of Arizona in 1998 to level the playing field when it comes to running for office.’ ” AFEC Brief 10, n. 3 (quoting http://www.azcleanelections.gov/about-us/get-involved.aspx); Tr. of OralArg. 48. The Web site now says that “The Citizens Clean Elections Actwas passed by the people of Arizona in 1998 to restore citizen participa-tion and confidence in our political system.”
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> [cid:part1.02040704.01020303 at law.uci.edu]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D19693&title=Ouch%21&description=Posted%20on%20June%2027%2C%202011%20by%20Rick%20Hasen%0D%0A%0D%0AA%20fn.%20in%20CJ%20Roberts%E2%80%99%20opinion%3A%20%E2%80%9CPrior%20to%20oral%20argument%20in%20this%20case%2C%20the%20Citizens%20Clean%20Elections%20Commission%E2%80%99s%20Web%20site%20stated%20that%20%E2%80%9C%20%E2%80%98The%20Citizens%20Clean%20Elections%20Act%20was%20passed%20by%20the%20people%20of%20Arizona%20in%201998%20to%20level%20the%20playing%20field%20when%20it%20comes%20to%20running%20for%20office.%E2%80%99%20%E2%80%9D%20AFEC%20Brief%2010%2C%20n.%203%20%28quoting%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.azcleanelections.gov%2Fabout-us%2Fget-involved.aspx%29%3B%20Tr.%20of%20OralArg.%2048.%20The%20Web%20site%20now%20says%20that%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Citizens%20Clean%20Elections%20Actwas%20passed%20by%20the%20people%20of%20Arizona%20in%201998%20to%20restore%20citizen%20participa-tion%20and%20confidence%
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> On 6/27/2011 7:37 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
> Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom PAC v. Bennett (McComish) Decided<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19690>
> Posted on June 27, 2011<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=19690> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The opinion is here<http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/10-238.pdf>. It is 5-4, as expected, striking down the matching funds provision.
>
> More to come after I’ve read and analyzed the 68 pages.
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