[EL] CAC

[Adam Bonin]

CAC is neither a campaign finance organization nor new; they exist to help
restore a proper understanding of the text and history of the Constitution,
and (among other things) were heavily involving in promoting a resuscitation
of the Privileges and Immunities Clause during the McDonald litigation which
Justice Thomas adopted.  More here: http://theusconstitution.org/cases

 

 

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The Law Office of Adam C. Bonin
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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Steve
Hoersting
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:42 AM
To: Rick Hasen
Cc: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] CAC

 

Great: another, new, campaign-finance organization on the Progressive side,
demonstrating, by its content, that it's in for the long haul.  Dear
libertarian and conservative donors: You're still needed...

 

But that's not enough to warrant a post to the list.  I write because of the
name of the organization and the tagline of its latest whitepaper.  I detect
a little camoflauge here, akin to the days when the left boxed-out classical
liberals like Hayek to grab the "liberal" label and take it to the hoop.

 

This new organization (new to me, anyway) calls itself the Constitutional
Accountability Center.  The tagline of its latest whitepaper is, "The
Constitution at a Crossroads."  It spins its yarn in the fabric of the
Founders.

 

The group sounds like an action-item after coffee between Jamin Raskin and
Zephyr Teachout.  "Tell Pew (or Joyce or George) what we need now is an
organization making our points in the language of James Madison.  If we ever
get the Court back, our side's going to need to couch Progressivism in these
terms anyway.  The donors'll get it.  But if they don't, just tell 'em to
consider all the damage David Brooks has done while calling himself a
conservative."

 

(I use Jamin because he was first to launch Free Speech for People, a long
term solution to (and clever title for) the Citizens United "problem."
Zephyr, because her thesis that Madison charged government with an
open-ended brief to combat "corruption" as not susceptible of any limiting
principle and contrary to the language and purpose of the constitution).

 

Welcome to the fray, CAC.  Hope we'll be welcoming new groups from the free
speech side -- "for people" and associations of people -- soon.

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:


 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34174> "Democrats' Fund Taps Corporate
Donors for Convention" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 10:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34174>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

WSJ:
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304543904577396331812329886.h
tml?mod=googlenews_wsj>  "Democrats have trumpeted their ban on corporate
donations to their national convention this summer, saying that it shows
they are free from the influence of special interests. But through a special
fund, convention planners are accepting millions of dollars in corporate
contributions to help pay for many of the activities outside the convention
hall-as well as some expenses directly related to the event. Donors include
Wells Fargo
<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=WFC>  WFC
<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=WFC>  +0.36%
& Co., Bank of America
<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=BAC>  Corp.
BAC <http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=BAC>
-1.95% and Duke Energy
<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=DUK>  Corp.,
DUK <http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=DUK>
-0.32% all significant employers in Charlotte, N.C., where the convention
will be held in early September."

 
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 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34171> "Republicans have taken a more
polarizing political turn than Democrats in recent years" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 10:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34171>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

Ezra Klein column
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-republicans-elephant-in-
the-room-themselves/2012/05/11/gIQAZEo7IU_story.html> .

 
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g%20political%20turn%20than%20Democrats%20in%20recent%20years%E2%80%9D&descr
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 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34168> "The Struggle to Vote" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 8:49 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34168>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

This NYT editorial
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/opinion/the-struggle-for-voting-rights.ht
ml> begins: "It was nearly 10 p.m. on Wednesday when Paul Broun
<http://broun.house.gov/> , a Republican congressman from Georgia, rose on
the House floor to propose that no more money be spent enforcing a section
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965."

 
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 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34165> "Is Black and Latino Voter
Registration Threatened or Not?" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 8:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34165>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

This
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/167853/black-and-latino-voter-registration-th
reatened-or-not> Nation report includes a response from the Washington Post
to criticism of the article's reliance on census dept. data.

 
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 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34162> "House Votes to Slash Political
Science Funding" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 6:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34162>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

Disturbing
<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/05/11/house_votes_to_slash_political
_science_funding.html> .

 
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20Funding%E2%80%9D&description=> Share

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Two from Findlaw <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34159>  


Posted on May 11, 2012 6:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34159>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

Will SCOTUS Stamp Out Montana's Constitutional Mischief? (FindLaw's U.S.
Supreme Court blog): Citizens United - the group, not the case - wants the
High Court to intervene in a challenge to Montana's campaign finance law.

http://blogs.findlaw.com/supreme_court/2012/05/will-scotus-stamp-out-montana
s-constitutional-mischief.html

 

You Can't HAVA Federal Relief in a Local Recount (FindLaw's U.S. Ninth
Circuit blog): Why federal law does not mandate ballot recount methods for
non-federal offices.

http://blogs.findlaw.com/ninth_circuit/2012/04/you-cant-hava-federal-relief-
in-a-local-recount.html

 

 
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 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34157> "What Has Made Congress More
Polarized?" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 6:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34157>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

Sean Trende
<http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/05/11/what_has_made_congress
_more_polarized.html>  on Mann, Ornstein and the Poole-Rosenthal DW-NOMINATE
scores of Congrss.

 
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, political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25> , political
polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>  | Comments Off 


 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34153> "Assisted voting in Hidalgo election
raises questions" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 11:08 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34153>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

Troubling report
<http://www.themonitor.com/news/hidalgo-60755-raises-voting.html> from South
Texas: "One in five people who cast early ballots in Hidalgo's City Council
election brought someone else into the voting booth for help, Hidalgo County
Elections Administrator Yvonne Ramon said Thursday. While Texas law allows
voters to seek assistance in special circumstances, unusually high
assistance rates often indicate political machines - and, critics say, voter
coercion - at work. Of the 2,144 people who voted early in the Hidalgo
election, 483 had help, Ramon said, about 22.5 percent of voters."

As with absentee ballots, the ability to verify how someone vote through
"assistance" facilitates both vote buying and coercion.  This certainly
merits further investigation.

 
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 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34150> "Judge refuses to dismiss John
Edwards charges" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 11:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34150>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

AP
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EDWARDS_TRIAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOM
E&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-05-11-12-13-22> : "- A federal judge refused
to throw out campaign corruption charges against John Edwards on Friday,
meaning the former presidential hopeful will have to present his case to a
jury."

 
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12> , John Edwards
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 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34147> "The First Amendment, Political
Speech, and the Future of Campaign Finance Laws" 


Posted on May 11, 2012 8:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34147>  by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

The latest <http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/93112705>  from the
Constitutional Accountability Center.

 
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