[EL] CAC

Sat May 12 11:07:33 PDT 2012

Thanks, guys, for the data.  I will continue to keep an eye on CAC's role
in CFRegulation.

Steve

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Rob Richie <rr at fairvote.org> wrote:

> CAC also differs sharply with Jamie Raskin on at least one issue: it
> argues (
> http://theusconstitution.org/think-tank/testimony/written-testimony-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing-voting-rights) optimistically
> that today the Constitution establishes voting as a fundamental
> constitutional right to vote of the highest order in the face of massive
> evidence to the contrary that courts allow federal, state and local
> governments to deny or diminish voting rights based on where American
> citizens live,whether they have ever been convicted of a felony and how
> much money and expertise their local jurisdiction has to run effective and
> secure elections.
>
> Like historian Alex Keyssar, the dozens of Members of Congress sponsoring
> HJR 28 to establish an affirmative right to vote and organizations like
> FairVote and the Advancement Project, Jamie has been a passionate backer of
> an amendment to establish that as Americans of the 21st century, we indeed
> do support voting rights as a fundamental value. Here's a good piece of
> Jamie's on that topic:
> http://archive.fairvote.org/democracyusa/raskin.htm
>
> - Rob Richie
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Adam Bonin <adam at boninlaw.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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>> *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****
>>
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>> 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...****
>>
>>  ****
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>> 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.****
>>
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>> Steve****
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>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:**
>> **
>> “Democrats’ Fund Taps Corporate Donors for Convention”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34174>
>> ****
>>
>> 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.html?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 +0.36%<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=WFC>& Co., Bank
>> of America<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=BAC>Corp.
>> BAC -1.95%<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=BAC>and Duke
>> Energy<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=DUK>Corp.,
>> DUK -0.32%<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=DUK>all significant employers in Charlotte, N.C., where the convention will be
>> held in early September.”****
>>
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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, political
>> parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25> | Comments Off ****
>> “Republicans have taken a more polarizing political turn than Democrats
>> in recent years” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34171> ****
>>
>> 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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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in legislation and legislatures<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,
>> political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68> | Comments
>> Off ****
>> “The Struggle to Vote” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34168> ****
>>
>> 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.html>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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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> |
>> Comments Off ****
>> “Is Black and Latino Voter Registration Threatened or Not?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34165>
>> ****
>>
>> Posted on May 11, 2012 8:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34165> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> ****
>>
>> This *Nation* report
>> <http://www.thenation.com/blog/167853/black-and-latino-voter-registration-threatened-or-not>includes
>> a response from the Washington Post to criticism of the article’s reliance
>> on census dept. data.****
>>
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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in voter registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37> |
>> Comments Off ****
>> “House Votes to Slash Political Science Funding”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34162>
>> ****
>>
>> 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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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off ****
>> 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-montanas-constitutional-mischief.html
>> ****
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>>  ****
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>> *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.****
>>
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>> http://blogs.findlaw.com/ninth_circuit/2012/04/you-cant-hava-federal-relief-in-a-local-recount.html
>> ****
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>>  ****
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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off ****
>> “What Has Made Congress More Polarized?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34157>
>> ****
>>
>> 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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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in legislation and legislatures<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,
>> political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political
>> polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68> | Comments Off ****
>> “Assisted voting in Hidalgo election raises questions”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34153>
>> ****
>>
>> 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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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off ****
>> “Judge refuses to dismiss John Edwards charges”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34150>
>> ****
>>
>> 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=HOME&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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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
>> chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, John Edwards<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=17>| Comments Off
>> ****
>> “The First Amendment, Political Speech, and the Future of Campaign
>> Finance Laws” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34147> ****
>>
>> 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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>> ****
>>
>> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> |
>> Comments Off ****
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