[EL] more news 6/21/12

Thu Jun 21 12:58:07 PDT 2012

    "Bob Bauer, Obama Campaign's Top Lawyer, Demands Retraction From
    Karl Rove" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36033>

Posted on June 21, 2012 12:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36033> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/21/bob-bauer-obama-campaign-karl-rove_n_1616021.html>: 
"The Obama campaign's top lawyer fired off a letter 
<http://www.docstoc.com/docs/123162095/BauerRove> to Karl Rove Thursday, 
demanding a retraction of a "mystifying" comment Rove made and raising 
questions about his upcoming appearance at a Mitt Romney campaign event."

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    Floridians Support Voter Purge, But Racial/Party Divide
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36027>

Posted on June 21, 2012 12:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36027> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Quinnipiac poll 
<http://http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/florida/release-detail?ReleaseID=1765>:

36. As you may know, there has been an effort by Governor Scott to 
remove people from the state's voter rolls who are suspected of not 
being U.S. citizens. Some people say this effort is needed to prevent 
voter fraud. Others say this effort is intended to suppress turnout by 
low-income people and minorities. Do you support or oppose Governor 
Scott's effort to remove potential non-citizens from the registered 
voter rolls?

          Tot  Rep  Dem  Ind  Men  Wom  Wht  Bl  Hsp

Support  60%  90%  33%  59%  63%  58%  67%  38% 49%
Oppose   35    8   60   37   33   37   29   56  42
DK/NA     5    2    7    5    4    5    4    6   9

                      North/
                      Panhd  Bay    Cntrl  SthW   SthE

Support              64%    62%    57%    71%    56%
Oppose               32     35     38     23     38
DK/NA                 4      4      5      6      6

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    Romney's "Our Super PACS Are Our Star Wars" Strategy
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36024>

Posted on June 21, 2012 12:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36024> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Romney/allies strategy 
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/romneys-cold-war-strategy-to-defeat-obama>to 
spend Obama into oblivion.

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    "Senate: No taxpayer cash for conventions"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36021>

Posted on June 21, 2012 12:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36021> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77701.html>: "A 
bipartisan push to eliminate millions of federal dollars earmarked to 
each party's conventions was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate on 
Thursday, handing a win to critics who say taxpayer money shouldn't be 
spent on orchestrated presidential nominating coronations at a time of 
severe budget constraints."

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political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25> | Comments Off

    5th Edition of Election Law Casebook on the Way to Printer
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36015>

Posted on June 21, 2012 12:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36015> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I am delighted to have just signed off on the 5th edition of Lowenstein, 
Hasen, and Tokaji, Election Law--Cases and Materials 
<http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611631784/Election+Law> as well 
as a 180-page revamped Teacher's Manual.  (The manual includes model 
syllabi for a general election law course, as well as specialized 
courses in campaign finance, election administration, and voting rights.)

I have posted the final version of the Table of Contents 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/lowenstein-5e-tableofcontents.pdf>, 
as well as the final version of theTable of Cases, Table of Authorities, 
and Index 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/lowenstein-5e-index-and-tables.pdf>.  
These latter tables run 50 pages, but the book's content itself 
(mercifully) is now back under 1,000 pages.

The book should ship within 4-5 weeks, well in time for fall classes. It 
can be preordered now at the link above.

Here's a brief description of what's new for the 5th edition: "The new 
streamlined and student-friendly Fifth Edition of /Election Law: Cases 
and Materials/ fully covers developments in election law in the 2012 
election season including; extensive coverage of /Citizens United/, 
super PACs, and other campaign finance developments; emerging issues in 
voting rights and redistricting, including coverage of the Texas 
redistricting and voter identification cases; and new coverage of issues 
in judicial elections. It will continue to include perspectives from law 
and political science, and is appropriate in both law and political 
science courses. The extensive campaign finance coverage makes the book 
appropriate for a campaign finance seminar as well. For the first time, 
an electronic version of the casebook will be available as well."

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    "Wal-Mart's Honest Graft" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36012>

Posted on June 21, 2012 12:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36012> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Peter Dreier & Donald Cohen write 
<http://dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=614>for /Dissent/.

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    Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36009>

Posted on June 21, 2012 11:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36009> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

"I've only mispredicted one big Supreme Court case in the last 20  
years,...That was /Bush v. Gore/. And I was able to internalize that by 
saying they only had a few minutes to think about it and they leapt to 
the wrong conclusion. If they decide this by 5-4, then yes, it's 
disheartening to me, because my life was a fraud. Here I was, in my 
silly little office, thinking law mattered, and it really didn't. What 
mattered was politics, money, party, and party loyalty."

---Akhil Amar, speaking to Ezra Klein 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/of-course-the-supreme-court-is-political/2012/06/21/gJQAqhR1sV_blog.html>about 
the Healthcare case

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    Ruth Marcus on Larry Tribe's Proposal to Amend Constitution to
    Overturn Citizens United <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36006>

Posted on June 21, 2012 10:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36006> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read it here 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ruth-marcus-super-pacs-and-stirring-the-constitutional-pot/2012/06/19/gJQAWy70oV_story.html?hpid=z2>.

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    "The vote goes on in Larimer County, Colo. despite fire"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36003>

Posted on June 21, 2012 10:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=36003> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That's the lead story in this week's Electionline Weekly 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.

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    "Two Republican Candidates for Presidential Elector in Nevada File
    Lawsuit to Remove 'None of the Above' from November 2012 Ballot"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35999>

Posted on June 21, 2012 10:47 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35999> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting development 
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/06/21/two-republican-candidates-for-presidential-elector-in-nevada-file-lawsuit-to-remove-none-of-the-above-from-november-2012-ballot/>.

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    "Romney hedges bets on gambling tycoon"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35997>

Posted on June 21, 2012 10:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35997> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Financial Times/ reports. 
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ecc3368-badf-11e1-81e0-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1yS1MFsVv>

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    $2500 Contribution Limit to Presidential Candidates? Ha!
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35994>

Posted on June 21, 2012 10:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=35994> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77680_Page2.html>: 
"And the Obama campaign in March quietly restructured 
<http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/008/12950690008/12950690008.pdf#navpanes=0> its 
own joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee 
--- the Obama Victory Fund --- to allow it to accept donations as large 
as $75,800. The original maximum, when it was formed last year 
<http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/890/11030584890/11030584890.pdf#navpanes=0>, 
was $35,800. It accepted 15 donations at the new top maximum level in 
April and May."

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