[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/8/12
JBoppjr at aol.com
JBoppjr at aol.com
Wed Feb 8 11:38:59 PST 2012
Ok, let look at this in detail. First you say "a candidate could never
tell a donor seeking favors to give his money to a "non-coordinated" group
that just happens to be running ads in favor of the candidate and against all
his opponents in targeted states." Just because you have a "donor seeking
favors" does not mean that you have a candidate who is offering favors. So
you problem is that we don't have a donor with a pure heart.
Second, you ridicule the "non-coordinated" status of a super pac if it is
"staffed with confidantes and former employees of the candidates, be
familiar with those candidates' policies and political styles, and remain loyal to
those candidates." Well I guess the only way a group would be
"non-coordinated" would be if it were staffed with enemies of the candidate.
To accomplish your objectives then, you would require donors to have a
pure heart and enemies of a candidate to run a super pac supporting the
candidate. This does not sound very practical to me. Jim Bopp
In a message dated 2/8/2012 2:20:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jerald.lentini at gmail.com writes:
"Quid pro quo" corruption is impossible with a Super PAC because they
cannot coordinate their activities with a candidate, so their is no bargin.
Just as a loan shark could never tell someone who owes him money to pay
his debts to a front business, a candidate could never tell a donor seeking
favors to give his money to a "non-coordinated" group that just happens to
be running ads in favor of the candidate and against all his opponents in
targeted states, thus giving the candidate the benefit of the money while
skirting donation limits.
Obviously, a SuperPAC could never serve as a front for a campaign
organization. Why, for that to be plausible, SuperPACs would have to be staffed
with confidantes and former employees of the candidates, be familiar with
those candidates' policies and political styles, and remain loyal to those
candidates. It's impossible!
-JR
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:15 PM, <_JBoppjr at aol.com_
(mailto:JBoppjr at aol.com) > wrote:
Dale, what do you mean by "corrupt?" I understand you to mean that more
people will spend more money on campaigns, not that there will be more "quid
pro quo" corruption, which is what the Supreme Court looks at. "Quid pro
quo" corruption is impossible with a Super PAC because they cannot
coordinate their activities with a candidate, so their is no bargin.. And spending
more on something is not corruption either. So what are you talking about?
Jim Bopp
In a message dated 2/8/2012 11:28:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, DE
isman at CommonCause.org writes:
The designated hitter rule arguably has warped baseball, but not corrupted
it, so AL managers can be excused for going along.
The President does not have that excuse when it come to Super PACs.
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Dale Eisman
Senior researcher/writer
Common Cause -- Holding Power Accountable
1133 19th St NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
202 736-5788
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On Feb 8, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
_“Santorum and His Super Pac: Just Friends, Not Coordination”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29474)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:52 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29474)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
ABC News _reports_
(http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/santorum-and-his-super-pac-just-friends-not-coordination/) .
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_“Analysis: Invalid signatures likely not enough to halt Walker recall”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29471)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:50 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29471)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_The latest _
(http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/analysis-invalid-signatures-likely-not-enough-to-halt-walker-recall-hu438e2-138895999.html)
from Wisconsin.
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_“Campaign finance author: Obama ‘dancing with the devil’”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29468)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:48 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29468)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Russ Feingold _not happy_
(http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/02/campaign-finance-author-obama-dancing-with-devil/1) on the
Obama campaign’s super PAC decision.
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_“Oops: Florida Republican Forgets To Remove ALEC Mission Statement From
Boilerplate Anti-Tax Bill”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29466)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:44 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29466)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
There has been a lot of controversy lately about the role that the
conservative American Legislative Exchange Council has played in helping to pass
voter identification bills in states with Republican majorities. While
_this item_
(http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/02/417488/florida-gop-alec-forget/) is not about voter id., it does show ALEC’s influence in a
pretty humorous way.
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l”&description=)
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_Floyd Abrams Responds to E.J. Dionne Column on Citizens United_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29464)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:42 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29464)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Here. I will be on a panel about Citizens United with Floyd Abrams,
moderated by Ellen Katz, at the University of Michigan law school on March 5.
Details to come.
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_“Divided Court Rejects Proposition 8″_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29461)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:36 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29461)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
The LA Times _reports_
(http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prop8-20120208,0,1499193,full.story) . More from the _SF Chronicle_
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/08/MN1H1N3T1H.DTL) , _NYT_
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/us/marriage-ban-violates-constitution-court-rules.h
tml?ref=us) ,_WaPo_
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/calif-same-sex-marriage-ban-ruled-unconstitutional/2012/02/07/gIQAMNwkwQ_story.html) ,
_WSJ_
(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204136404577209183209519256.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird) , _USA Today_
(http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-07/gay-marriage-california-proposition
-8/53000180/1?loc=interstitialskip) , _AP_
(http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GAY_MARRIAGE_TRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) ,
_Huffington Post._
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/07/prop-8-ruling-same-sex-marriage-9th-circuit_n_1260316.html)
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_“Unleashed, Democrats Hunt for ‘Super PAC’ Donors”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29458)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:28 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29458)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_NYT_
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/us/politics/democrats-heed-obamas-go-ahead-on-super-pacs.html?_r=1&ref=politics) : “Mr. Obama’s decision also
plunges his campaign and administration into uncharted legal and ethical
terrain. Under the plan, White House officials will appear at events with
donors — some likely to have substantial business interests before the
administration — for a super PAC that is legally required to be independent of
Mr. Obama’s campaign. Mr. Romney appeared at an event last summer for donors
to Restore Our Future, and Democratic and Republican lawmakers have
appeared at events held by super PACs supporting each party’s members of Congress.
”
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_“Obama campaign fears being sharply outspent by GOP super PACs”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29456)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:27 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29456)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_WaPo_
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-campaign-fears-being-sharply-outspent-by-gop-super-pacs/2012/02/07/gIQAAPhexQ_story.html) : “‘The
combination of the sheer magnitude of what we were watching on the
Republicans’ side, combined with the lack of any real ammunition on our side, was
disconcerting,’ said one Obama adviser, who requested anonymity in order to
speak candidly about the decision.”
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_“Capitol Assets: Some legislators send millions to groups connected to
their relatives”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29453)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:24 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29453)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_The latest installment_
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/capitol-assets-some-legislators-send-millions-to-groups-connected-to-their-rel
atives/2012/01/10/gIQAyrzdxQ_story.html) in WaPo‘s _must-read series_
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/capitolassets) on members of Congress and
self-interest.
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Capitol%20Assets:%20Some%20legislators%20send%20millions%20to%20groups%20connected%20to%20their%20relatives”
&description=)
Posted in _conflict of interest laws_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20)
, _ethics investigations_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42) ,
_legislation and legislatures_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27) , _lobbying_
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_“Why South Carolina’s Voter ID Suit Could Be Bound For The Supreme Court”
_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29451)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:22 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29451)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
TPM _reports_
(http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/why_south_carolinas_voter_id_suit_could_be_bound_for_the_supreme_court.php) .
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Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off
_“Obama and Super PACs in the 2012 Election”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29448)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:20 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29448)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Tom Mann_
(http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2012/0207_super_pacs_mann.aspx) : “My own view is that his change in posture toward the role of super
PACs on his side of the aisle, while truly regrettable, was inevitable given
the lack of any progress on the underlying problems.”
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_“Four Georgia Senators Introduce Bill to Require Petition Signers to Show
Government Photo-ID”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29446)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:19 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29446)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Ballot Access News_ reports_
(http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/02/08/four-georgia-senators-introduce-bill-to-require-petition-signers-to-show-governmen
t-photo-id/) .
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&description=)
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id_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) | Comments Off
_“Auctioning Democracy: The Rise Of Super PACS and the 2012 Election”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29444)
Posted on _February 8, 2012 7:17 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29444)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Demos and U.S. PIRG have issued _this new report_
(http://www.demos.org/publication/auctioning-democracy-rise-super-pacs-and-2012-election) . From the
introduction:
We do not yet have nearly the full picture of how Super PACs have affected
and will continue to affect the 2012 elections. Right now, we only have a
complete picture of the year 2011. But, we can already see some disturbing
trends.
Demos and U.S. PIRG analysis of Federal Election Commission data on Super
PACs from their advent in 2010 through the end of 2011 reveals the
following:
* For-profit businesses use Super PACs as an avenue to influence
federal elections. 17% of the itemized funds raised by Super PACs came from
for-profit businesses—more than $30 million.
* Because Super PACs—unlike traditional PACs—may accept funds from
nonprofits that are not required to disclose their donors, they provide a
vehicle for secret funding of electoral campaigns. 6.4% of the itemized
funds raised by Super PACs cannot be feasibly traced back to an original
source.
* Super PACs are a tool used by wealthy individuals and institutions
to dominate the political process. 93% of the itemized funds raised by
Super PACs from individuals in 2011 came in contributions of at least $10,000,
from just twenty-three out of every 10 million people in the U.S.
population.
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_“Another Campaign For Sale”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29441)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 8:16 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29441)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
The NYT editorial board is _not happy_
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/another-2012-campaign-for-sale.html?src=tp) with the Obama campaign
decision on super PACs.
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_Will Controversial “Political Intelligence” Provision of STOCK Act Get
Dropped in House Version of Bill?_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29438)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 8:10 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29438)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Looks like it_
(https://twitter.com/#!/jasonaabel/status/167096834043543553) so far.
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(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27) , _lobbying_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28) | Comments Off
_“Okay. Now let’s dismantle O’Keefe’s latest horse shit…”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29435)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 7:24 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29435)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
The Brad Blog on Minnesota “voter fraud.”
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_The Modest South Carolina Suit Against DOJ’s Blocking of Its Voter ID
Law_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29430)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:54 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29430)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_The South Carolina complaint_
(http://www.scag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-02-07-Complaint-Voter-ID.pdf) has now been filed challenging the
Department of Justice’s denial of its voter id law as a violation of
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
I had _expected _
(http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/12/the_obama_administration_s_risky_voter_id_move_threatens_the_vo
ting_rights_act.html) South Carolina to make a frontal attack on the
constitutionality of the Act, going even further than Texas had in its recent
complaint (which _suggests_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=28515) narrowing
the Act significantly to avoid reaching the constitutional question). I
had thought a frontal attack was especially likely when South Carolina lined
up big gun Paul Clement on the case.
But the complaint does not raise the issue directly or forcefully.
Paragraph 36 raises a constitutional avoidance argument, but this is much less
confrontational than I expected given Gov. Haley and others’ language against
the DOJ decision.
So my money’s right now on the Shelby County case as the one most likely
to bring the constitutionality of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act back to
the Supreme Court.
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_“Caucus Counting Troubles Plague Primaries”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29428)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:48 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29428)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
NPR _reports_
(http://www.npr.org/2012/02/07/146541254/caucus-counting-troubles-plague-primaries) .
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_primaries_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32) | Comments Off
_“Calif. Decision Puts Marriage Politics In Spotlight”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29426)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:47 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29426)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
NPR _reports._
(http://www.npr.org/2012/02/07/146540486/calif-decision-puts-marriage-politics-in-spotlight)
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_“Senate-Passed “STOCK Act” Requires ‘Political Intelligence Consultants’
to Register and Report under Lobbying Disclosure Act”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29423)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:45 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29423)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
A Caplin & Drysdale _update_
(http://www.capdale.com/senate-passed-stock-act-requires-political-intelligence-consultants-to-register-and-report-under-lo
bbying-disclosure-act) .
Political intelligence? Oxymoron?
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_Service Members, and Not Just the Religious, Should Get Accommodations in
Caucus Voting_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29421)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:44 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29421)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
I strongly agree with _these sentiments._
(http://www.servicemembers-lawcenter.org/Law_Review_1213.html)
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ion=)
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_“Suspect recall signing could result in felony charges”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29419)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:42 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29419)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_News_
(http://www.journaltimes.com/article_bc9ad83c-5123-11e1-8138-001871e3ce6c.html#ixzz1lhxc9jxk) from Wisconsin.
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_“Court says woman with limited English can be kept off ballot”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29417)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:41 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29417)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Reuters_
(http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-arizona-candidate-language-idUSTRE8162BP20120207) : “Arizona’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled
that a city council candidate with limited English language skills can be
kept off the ballot in a largely bilingual town on the Mexico border.”
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_“Invitation to a Dialogue: A Better Way to Elect?”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29415)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:39 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29415)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Rob Richie has written _a letter_
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/invitation-to-a-dialogue-a-better-way-to-elect.html) to the New York
Times, and the Times invites responses (some of which will be published in the
Sunday Review).
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_“The Past is not Past; Why We Still Need Section 5 of the Voting Rights
Act”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29413)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:38 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29413)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Jonathan Brater writes _this commentary_
(http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.1/jonathan_brater_voting_rights_laws_south_carolina.php) for the Boston
Review.
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_“Obama’s Super PAC Flip-Flop”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29411)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:37 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29411)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Adam Skaggs _blogs_
(http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/obamas_super_pac_flip-flop/) .
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_“Fighting Gay Marriage, Minnesota Group May Have Skirted Law”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29409)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:36 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29409)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Buzzfeed Politics _reports_
(http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/fighting-gay-marriage-minnesota-group-may-have-sk) , with the subhead: “Secret
donations, through the National Organization for Marriage, Minnesota Family Council,
and Catholic Church.”
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_Kentucky Redistricting Litigation: The Latest_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29406)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:31 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29406)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
State legislative districts _tossed_
(http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059443/judge-grants-injunction-against.html) , and congressional
redistricting _heading to court._
(http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059562/no-compromise-on-congressional.html)
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_“Another Bain exec revealed as man behind corporate donor to pro-Romney
super PAC”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29402)
Posted on _February 7, 2012 5:25 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=29402)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Michael Beckel, now of iWatch News, _reports_
(http://www.iwatchnews.org/2012/02/07/8104/another-bain-exec-revealed-man-behind-corporate-donor-pro-romne
y-super-pac) . It is worth remembering that those who would use a _shell
corporation_
(http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/theres-already-a-way-to-raise-and-spend-money) to fund a Super PAC are asking for an
investigation into whether they are breaking the laws barring conduit contributions.
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