[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/11/12
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Wed Jul 11 05:35:04 PDT 2012
_“RNC Court Challenge to Aggregate Contribution Limits Opposed by Reformers
”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36747)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 12:11 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36747)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Press release_
(http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1786:july-10-2012-rnc-court-challenge-to-aggregate-con
tribution-limits-opposed-by-reformers-&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&
Itemid=61) : “Today, the Campaign Legal Center, together with Democracy 21,
filed an _amici brief_
(http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/attachments/CLC__D21_Amici_Brief_7-10-12.pdf) in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia to defend the aggregate contribution limits against a
challenge brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Shaun McCutcheon.
Despite clear Supreme Court precedent upholding aggregate contribution
limits, plaintiffs in McCutcheon v. FEC challenge both the $70,800 aggregate
limit on contributions to non-candidate committees and the $46,200 aggregate
limit on contributions to candidate committees in a two-year election cycle.
”
And the sun came up in the morning. Jim Bopp
In a message dated 7/11/2012 12:14:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
_“Snyder says no”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36779)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 9:12 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36779)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Metro Times_ (http://metrotimes.com/news/snyder-says-no-1.1341627) on
the voter id veto in Michigan.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36779&title=“Snyder%20says%20no”&description=)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) | Comments Off
_Second Annual Supreme Court Term in Review Program at UC Irvine_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36776)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 8:56 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36776)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Second Annual Supreme Court Term in Review Program
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
12:00 – 1:30 P.M.
University of California, Irvine School of Law _(Map)_
(http://law.uci.edu/directions.html)
This exciting and entertaining program reviews the Supreme Court’s key
cases decided in the Fall 2011 term, with an all-star panel of Supreme Court
journalists and academics. Panelists
* _Jess Bravin_ (http://blogs.wsj.com/law/jess-bravin/) , The Wall
Street Journal
* _Jennifer Chacón_
(http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/page1_j_chacon.html) , UCI Law
* _Erwin Chemerinsky_
(http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/page1_e_chemerinsky.html) , UCI Law
* _Marcia Coyle_
(http://www.law.uci.edu/calendar/Marcia_Coyle_bio.pdf) , The National Law Journal
* _Robert Pushaw_
(http://law.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/default.php?faculty=robert_pushaw) , Pepperdine University School of Law
* Moderated by _Rick Hasen_
(http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/page1_r_hasen.html) , UCI Law
This program is free and open to the public, but please _RSVP online_
(https://ucisl.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/2012SupremeCourtTerminReview/tabid/367315/Defa
ult.aspx) , as space is limited.
CLE credit will be available. The event will also be webcast, with viewers
able to submit questions via Twitter, using the hash tag #ucilawscotus at
the end of your question.
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%20UC%20Irvine&description=)
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_“Obama campaign shrugs off reports of Romney’s fundraising advantage”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36773)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 8:44 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36773)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_A change_
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-campaign-shrugs-off-reports-of-romneys-fundraising-advantage/2012/07/10/gJQAlcvTbW_story.html)
of pace.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36773&title=“Obama%20campaign%20shrugs%20off%20reports%20of%20Romney’
s%20fundraising%20advantage”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) |
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_“Marc Morial, Cedric Richmond ask Justice to block effort to keep
Bernette Johnson from becoming chief justice”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36770)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 8:40 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36770)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_The latest _
(http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/07/ask_justice_department_to_bloc.html) from Louisiana.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36770&title=“
Marc%20Morial,%20Cedric%20Richmond%20ask%20Justice%20to%20block%20effort%20to%20keep%20Bernette%20Johnson%20from%20becoming%20chief%20justice”
&description=)
Posted in _Department of Justice_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26) ,
_Voting Rights Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off
_Watch Out If Texas Loses on Voting Rights Act Claim in Voter ID Case_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36767)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 8:31 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36767)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
J. Christian Adams _reports_
(http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2012/07/10/texas-voter-id-on-life-support/) that it is looking a lot like Texas is
not going to be able to prove an absence of discriminatory intent or effect
as to its voter id law.
Sound like good news for voter id proponents, right? Not so fast.
The judges have put off Texas’s backup argument—-that if their law
violates section 5 of the Voting Right Act, then the act itself is
unconstitutional.
As the Texas Redistricting Blog_ explains,_
(http://txredistricting.org/post/26649926862/photo-id-trial-starts-monday) “The trial, however, will not
address claims by the State of Texas that the preclearance requirements of
section 5 of the Voting Rights Act are unconstitutional – an issue the
court will take up in separate proceedings only if the court finds grounds to
deny preclearance.”
Assume, as seems fairly likely, that if the 3 judge panel reaches the
issue, it will reject Texas’s constitutional argument. That could lead—still—
to a fast-track emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, which could rule to
allow Texas to use its i.d. in the upcoming election (pending a full, later
Supreme Court hearing on the question) because it will be likely that Texas
will succeed on the merits of proving the unconstitutionality of section
5.
This is fairly likely scenario I now think.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36767&title=Watch%20Out%20If%20Texas%20Loses%20on%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Claim
%20in%20Voter%20ID%20Case&description=)
Posted in _Department of Justice_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26) ,
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29) , _The Voting Wars_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) , _Voting Rights Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) |
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_AG Holder, Going Off Script at NAACP Convention, Calls Voter ID Laws “
Poll Taxes”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36763)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 3:02 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36763)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
See_ here._
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ag-holder-vows-to-enforce-voting-rights-act-in-dispute-over-texas-photo-id-requirement/2012/07/10/g
JQA6VsnaW_story.html)
It is a position courts have rejected, and analogous to Jim Crow language I
believe is unhelpful in the voter id debate.
But it is becoming clearer, as I argue in _The Voting Wars_
(http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=
aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr) , that perhaps the biggest
function of the debate over voter i.d./voter fraud these days is to fire up the
base and fundraise (on both sides of the aisle).
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36763&title=AG%20Holder,%20Going%20Off%20Script%20at%20NAACP%20Convention,%20Call
s%20Voter%20ID%20Laws%20“Poll%20Taxes”&description=)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) , _Voting Rights Act_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off
_AFL-CIO response to WSJ article on Union Political Activities_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36759)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 1:36 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36759)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
Read it _here_
(http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Wall-Street-Journal-response.pdf) .
UPDATE: _More_
(http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/Wall-Street-Journal-Compares-Union-Political-Spending-to-Corporate-Donations) in this blog
post.
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tivities&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) |
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_“As court fight looms over voter ID, those who have none fear losing voice
”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36756)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 12:42 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36756)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
If you read one thing about voter id this week, _read this_
(http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/as-court-fight-looms-over-voter-id-those-2412
608.html?viewAsSinglePage=true) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36756&title=“
As%20court%20fight%20looms%20over%20voter%20ID,%20those%20who%20have%20none%20fear%20losing%20voice”&description=)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) , _Voting Rights Act_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off
_“Holder, at N.A.A.C.P. Event, Criticizes Voter ID Laws”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36754)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 12:41 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36754)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
NYT’s “The Caucus” _reports_
(http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/holder-at-n-a-a-c-p-event-criticizes-voter-id-laws/) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36754&title=“Holder,%20at%20N.A.A.C.P.%20Event,%20Criticizes%20Voter%20ID%20Laws”
&description=)
Posted in _Department of Justice_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26) ,
_election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , _voter id_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) , _Voting Rights Act_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15) | Comments Off
_“List of 180,000 suspect Florida voters to be made public”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36751)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 12:22 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36751)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
The Miami Herald _reports._
(http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/07/list-of-180000-suspect-florida-voters-to-be-made-public.html)
What’s the over/under on the number of false positives being extremely
high?
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List%20of%20180,000%20suspect%20Florida%20voters%20to%20be%20made%20public”&description=)
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_“RNC Court Challenge to Aggregate Contribution Limits Opposed by Reformers
”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36747)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 12:11 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36747)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Press release_
(http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1786:july-10-2012-rnc-court-challenge-to-aggregate-con
tribution-limits-opposed-by-reformers-&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&
Itemid=61) : “Today, the Campaign Legal Center, together with Democracy 21,
filed an _amici brief_
(http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/attachments/CLC__D21_Amici_Brief_7-10-12.pdf) in the U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia to defend the aggregate contribution limits against a
challenge brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Shaun McCutcheon.
Despite clear Supreme Court precedent upholding aggregate contribution
limits, plaintiffs in McCutcheon v. FEC challenge both the $70,800 aggregate
limit on contributions to non-candidate committees and the $46,200 aggregate
limit on contributions to candidate committees in a two-year election
cycle.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36747&title=“
RNC%20Court%20Challenge%20to%20Aggregate%20Contribution%20Limits%20Opposed%20by%20Reformers”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) |
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_“House Ethics panel clears Rep. Buchanan”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36744)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 9:38 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36744)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_The Hill_
(http://thehill.com/homenews/house/236975-house-ethics-committee-clears-rep-buchanan) : “The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday cleared Rep.
Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) on charges that he violated House rules by
intentionally misleading Congress about his finances.”
But:
“The Justice Department is reportedly investigating Buchanan separately on
at least four counts.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36744&title=“House%20Ethics%20panel%20clears%20Rep.%20Buchanan”&description=)
Posted in _chicanery_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12) , _ethics
investigations_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42) | Comments Off
_Pam Fessler on the Opening of the Texas Voter ID Trial_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36741)
Posted on _July 10, 2012 9:13 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36741)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Here_ (http://www.npr.org/2012/07/09/156509342/texas-defends-voter-id-law)
, at NPR.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36741&title=Pam%20Fessler%20on%20the%20Opening%20of%20the%20Texas%20Voter%20ID%20
Trial&description=)
Posted in _Department of Justice_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26) ,
_election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , _The Voting
Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) , _Voting Rights Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15)
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