[EL] How to Fix [Individuals]
Steve Hoersting
hoersting at gmail.com
Thu Jun 14 09:10:38 PDT 2012
Rick's call for a panel of the disinterested misses the point that there is
no such thing as the disinterested in matters of politics and policy -- and
certainly no "disinterested" persons among the qualified pool of applicants
for Election Czar(s). (Start your own short list to quickly see my
point). This is basic James Buchanan, and Buchanan is correct.
There is, on the Right today, a continued criticism of the utopians, the
elites and the anointed, be it from Thomas Sowell, Mark Levin and countless
others. Sowell and Levin are to be separated from those on the right who,
in addition to believing in the State, have no belief in individuals:
Michael Gerson, David Brooks, and to some extent David Frum.
But Sowell and Levin do not eschew that an ideal is possible. They
recognize only that the ideal cannot be whatever can be achieved
collectively, *via* philosopher kings, election czars or a guardian
counsel. Their ideal is to permit individuals to pursue objectives through
shared cooperation, respecting individual rights in a civil society.
Whatever arises from that system is the "ideal" -- so far as an ideal
exists -- because the rights of individuals are respected. That our
standard of living and progress has steadily increased as rights are
respected is only icing on the cake.
This is the central premise of our Constitution. It is those who would
"fix it" dramatically that should warrant our attention.
Even in the matter of election disputes, it is far better to have opposing
forces in equipoise determine a close election -- R versus D as Rick puts
it -- than place the matter in the hands of "the disinterested." This
theme is rife throughout history. We know how each system turns out when
dynamism is placed in the hands of the disinterested.
As I have eluded to earlier, America's problem has not been a lack of
unity. Her problem is that the Brookses and Gersons of the Right, and
politicians influenced by them, have failed to provide the equipoise we
need -- to counterbalance the collectivism of the Left. This has caused
many of our problems.
The Constitution -- checks and balances, federalism, the Ninth Amendment,
the dispersing of power and placing it in competing hands -- is a stumbling
block on the road to statism, not liberty. It is the one premise on which
those attempting to "fix" the Constitution or maintain it agree.
Steve Hoersting
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
> “End the Voting Wars: Take our elections out of the hands of the
> partisan and the incompetent.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 8:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35724> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> I have written this piece<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/end-the-voting-wars>for
> *Slate*, part of its ts “How to Fix the Constitution” Hive<http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_hive.html>.
> It begins:
>
> My field is election law, and in this area it’s really easy to come up
> with a sexy but risky fix that might improve the U.S. Constitution:
> Abolish <http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/> the Electoral College.
> Overturn <http://movetoamend.org/> *Citizens United* and the flood of
> corporate money in elections<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/the-once-and-for-all-solution-to-our-campaign-finance-problems>.
> Establish <http://ni4d.us/> a national initiative allowing voters to vote
> directly on legislation instead of going through Congress, making the
> United States more like California. I have a change that will sound less
> sexy but is more needed than all of them: Create an independent,
> nonpartisan agency to run our federal elections.
>
> The United States is one of the few mature democracies that leaves the
> rules for counting elections in local hands, and, in a majority of states,
> that means partisan officials are in charge. Think about it: We have
> people running our elections whose ultimate allegiance is not to the
> integrity of the vote count but to the Republican Party or the Democratic
> Party.
>
> So when Florida’s Republican Gov. Rick Scott defends<http://www.theledger.com/article/20120606/POLITICS/120609606/1004/news?p=1&tc=pghttp://www.theledger.com/article/20120606/POLITICS/120609606/1004/news?p=1&tc=pg>his latest purge of voters as necessary to keep illegal voters from voting,
> why should we believe <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35134> he is doing
> this in the best interest of the integrity of the elections rather than to
> give Romney and edge over Obama in the perennial swing state? And when
> Obama’s Justice Department objects to the purge, why should we believe<http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/301900/who-may-vote-florida-hans-von-spakovsky>it is acting to preserve voter access to the polls rather than trying
> to give that edge<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/us/florida-vows-to-continue-its-search-for-ineligible-voters.html?ref=politicshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/us/florida-vows-to-continue-its-search-for-ineligible-voters.html?ref=politics>to Obama?
>
> As I document <http://thevotingwars.com> in my upcoming book, *The Voting
> Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300182031/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=slatmaga-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0300182031>
> *, the fights over election rules, especially over controversial new
> voter identification rules, have gotten much worse since *Bush v. Gore*in 2000….
>
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
> | Comments Off
> “Money and the ‘Appearance of Corruption’”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 8:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35720> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Paul Sherman WSJ oped<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577462822206922422.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>:
> “But there is also a third possibility: The Supreme Court could double down
> on *Citizens United *and reject, once and for all, the flawed
> justification underlying much of America’s failed experiment with
> campaign-finance law—the so-called appearance-of-corruption standard.”
>
> This is what I mean when I asked whether liberals were shooting
> themselves in the foot <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34885> by seeking
> cert. in the Montana case. The best way to win in the Roberts Court if you
> are a liberal is to stay out<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2009/09/how_liberals_can_win_by_losing_at_the_roberts_court.html>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off
> “New Arizona election plea (UPDATE)”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 8:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35717> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> SCOTUSBlog <http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/06/new-arizona-election-plea/>:
> “Arizona state officials asked the Supreme Court
> <http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/11A1189-AZ-applic.pdf>on
> Wednesday to allow election officials there to demand that all voters show
> proof of citizenship before they may register to vote The divided *en
> banc* Ninth Circuit Court ruled in April<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/9th-CA-ruling-on-voter-regist.-4-17-12.pdf>that the citizenship proof requirement conflicts with a 1993 federal law
> passed to make it easier for individuals to sign up to vote. The state
> took its plea for a delay of that ruling, for the duration of this year’s
> election season, to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who has the option of
> acting alone or referring the issue to his eight colleagues. The
> application (11A1189) was filed in *Arizona v. Gonzalez, et al. *The *en
> banc* Ninth Circuit, over three judges’ dissents, had denied a stay<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/9th-CA-stay-denial-AZ-election-case-6-7-121.pdf>last week.”
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18> | Comments
> Off
> Pipe Dream Dept. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 8:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35713> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> “After one nuclear winter of an election, rich partisans could agree to
> mutual disarmament.”
>
> –E.J. Dionne, Secret Money Fuels the 2012 Elections<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/secret-money-fuels-the-2012-elections/2012/06/13/gJQAsZ4FaV_story.html>
> .
>
> See also Adelson’s Donations Could Be “Limitless”<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/06/14/adelsons_donations_could_be_limitless.html>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
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> “Aetna Hides $7 Million in Political Spending”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35710> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> CREW has posted this release.<http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/entry/aetna-political-spending-american-action-network-chamber-of-commerce>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off
> An Inside Look at the Most Dysfunctional Appellate Court in the U.S.<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35707> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The latest<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/judicial-commissions-first-vote-on-prosser-complaint-was-unanimous-ci5p21t-158912155.html>from Wisconsin.
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> Posted in ethics investigations <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=42>, judicial
> elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19> | Comments Off
> “The Money Crisis: How Citizens United Undermines Our Elections and the
> Supreme Court” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35704> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Russ Feingold has written this piece
> <http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/money-crisis>for the *Stanford
> Law Review Online.*
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off
> “Alaska Native Group Suing Division of Elections”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35701> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> New section 5 suit<http://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/06/11/alaska-native-group-suing-division-of-elections/>in Alaska.
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> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments
> Off
> “Top Two in California Primaries, June 2012: By the Numbers: High Rates
> of Invalid Ballots; Perverse Outcomes; Major Parties Dominate”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35698>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:39 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35698> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> FairVote has issued this press release<http://www.fairvote.org/top-two-in-california-primaries-june-2012-by-the-numbers#.T9n3c1LNnTt>
> .
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> Posted in alternative voting systems<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>,
> political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, primaries<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
> | Comments Off
> “Ex-prosecutor George Holding defends John Edwards case”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35696> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Must-read<http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2012/06/exprosecutor-george-holding-defends-john-edwards-case-126118.html>Gerstein.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
> chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, John Edwards<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=17>
> | Comments Off
> “Ex-lawmaker lobbyists more likely to put leftover campaign money to
> political use” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35694>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35694> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> WaPo reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ex-lawmaker-lobbyists-more-likely-to-put-leftover-campaign-money-to-political-use/2012/06/13/gJQApprNbV_story.html>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, legislation
> and legislatures <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>, lobbying<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
> | Comments Off
> “No New Trial for John Edwards” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35691> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NYT reports<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/us/politics/john-edwards-charges-dismissed.html?ref=politics>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
> chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, John Edwards<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=17>
> | Comments Off
> “Beltway Bundlers Have Mitt Romney Sitting Pretty”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35689> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Roll Call reports<http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_151/Beltway_Bundlers_Have_Mitt_Romney_Sitting_Pretty-215368-1.html?pos=htmbtxt>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off
> “The Anti-ALEC alliance: Group at heart of anti-conservative crusade is
> shadowy organization funded by leftwing millionaires and billionaires”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35687>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35687> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The right wants disclosure <http://freebeacon.com/the-anti-alec-alliance/>of
> funding for issue advocacy. Interesting. (h/t Eric Brown<http://politicalactivitylaw.com/2012/06/14/good-morning-here-are-todays-political-law-links-for-thurs-june-14th/>
> )
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
> Off
> “The Missing Right To Vote; What we’d get from amending the
> Constitution to guarantee it.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35685> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Heather Gerken has written this Slate contribution<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/the-missing-right-to-vote>to its “How to Fix the Constitution”
> Hive <http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_hive.html>.
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> Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31> | Comments Off
> “Campaign Aid Is Now Surging Into 8 Figures”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35683> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NYT<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/us/politics/sheldon-adelson-sets-new-standard-as-campaign-aid-surges-into-8-figures.html?_r=1&smid=pl-share>:
> “Even in a political season marked by unprecedented levels of political
> spending, Sheldon Adelson<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/sheldon_g_adelson/index.html?inline=nyt-per>stands alone.”
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
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> “Corporate Cash in State Elections Gets U.S. High Court Scrutiny”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681>
> Posted on June 14, 2012 7:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35681> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Bloomberg reports<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-14/corporate-cash-in-state-elections-gets-u-s-high-court-scrutiny.html>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
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> “Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Defends Noncitizen Voter Purges”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 1:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35678> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NPR reports<http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/06/13/154935265/fla-gov-rick-scott-defends-noncitizen-voter-purges?ft=1&f=1014&sc=tw>
> .
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
> | Comments Off
> “Justice Department Is Dropping Case Against Edwards”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35675>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 1:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35675> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Carrie Johnson reports<http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/06/13/154951540/justice-department-is-dropping-case-against-edwards>for NPR.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
> chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, John Edwards<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=17>
> | Comments Off
> “Angus King pledges to discourage super PAC money if his opponents do
> the same” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 1:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35673> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> News<http://bangordailynews.com/2012/06/13/politics/angus-king-pledges-to-discourage-pac-money-if-his-opponents-do-the-same/?ref=videos>from Maine.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off
> “New Wine Into Old Bottles: Adapting Text Messaging Proposal to 1970’s
> Era Rules Gains FEC Approval” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 1:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35671> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Larry Norton blogs
> <http://www.politicallawbriefing.com/my-blog/2012/06/new-wine-into-old-bottles-adapting-text-messaging-proposal-to-1970s-era-rules-gains-fec-approval-.html>at
> Venable’s new Political Law Briefing blog.
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> “Gingrich: Elections ‘rigged’ for the rich”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 1:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35668> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Newt Gingrich, whose presidential campaign stayed alive as long as it did
> only because of his rich Super PAC benefactors, now complains<http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/gingrich-elections-rigged-for-1457276.html>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
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> “Dice Roll Decides Election in Texas Town”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 1:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35666> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> ABC News reports<http://news.yahoo.com/dice-roll-decides-election-texas-town-165130275.html>
> .
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
> Off
> Larry Tribe Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens
> United <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 11:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35662> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Read his proposal<http://hive.slate.com/hive/how-can-we-fix-constitution/article/the-once-and-for-all-solution-to-our-campaign-finance-problems>here in Slate, part of their How
> to Fix the Constitution <http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_hive.html>“Hive” series.
>
> Up in the Hive tomorrow: more election law-related proposals from Heather
> Gerken and from me.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments Off
> “Ex-Gov. White says state voter laws flawed”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 10:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35659> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Houston Chronicle<http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Ex-Gov-White-says-state-voter-laws-flawed-3629126.php>:
> “Voter registration restrictions imposed by the Texas Legislature<http://www.chron.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Texas+Legislature%22>last session are unnecessary and make it more difficult to register voters,
> former Texas Gov. Mark White<http://www.chron.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Mark+White%22>testified Tuesday in Galveston federal court.”
>
> See also this report<http://www.chron.com/default/article/Volunteer-says-Texas-voter-laws-cause-fear-of-3626148.php>
> .
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, NVRA
> (motor voter) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,
> voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37> | Comments Off
> “New York Deal Near for Simplified Ballots”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35657>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 10:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35657> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NYT’s “City Room” blog reports.<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/deal-near-for-simplified-ballots/>
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18> | Comments
> Off
> “Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Anthony Johnstone”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 10:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35655> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NLJ<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleSCI.jsp?id=1202555936944&slreturn=1>:
> “In 2009, Anthony Johnstone and his home state of Montana played supporting
> roles in the legal drama surrounding the Citizens United campaign finance
> challenge. Today, the law professor and state officials stand center stage
> in a fight to save Montana’s law in the wake of the Supreme Court’s
> decision.”
>
> I’m looking forward to joining Anthony and a great crowd at the University
> of Montana at the end of the September for a conference on money and
> politics.
>
> (h/t How Appealing <http://howappealing.law.com/061312.html#046115>)
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
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> Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 9:41 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35652> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> “On both the left and the right, then, originalism is no longer a theory
> of judicial restraint, as it was once described by Black or Scalia, but a
> means of advancing partisan preferences.”
>
> –Jeffrey Rosen, Constitution Avenue:Liberals discover a theory to crush
> conservative jurisprudence.<http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/103943/magazine/constitution-avenue-supreme-court?page=0,0>
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> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments
> Off
> “Sen. Grassley demands re-vote on 9th Circuit judge nomination”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649>
> Posted on June 13, 2012 8:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35649> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The Hill<http://thehill.com/video/senate/232395-grassley-demands-re-vote-on-9th-circuit-nominee>:
> “Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) late
> Tuesday demanded that the Senate vote again on the confirmation of Andrew
> Hurwitz to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the 9th Circuit, and said he was not
> aware that Senate Democrats were planning to ask for a speedy voice vote on
> the nomination.”
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>
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