[EL] 11th Amendment & Citizens United

Tue May 29 05:52:39 PDT 2012

The brief is here:

http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/11-1179-The-Eleventh-Amendment-Movement-Cert-Amicus.pdf

The amicus "Eleventh Amendment Movement" describes itself as "a national
non-partisan association *dedicated to* education, non-partisan advocacy and
 litigation to support* the restoration and protection of** **fundamental
special sovereign interests of the states* as protected by the Eleventh
Amendment of the United States Constitution."

A central fixture in the progressive firmament, to be sure.

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Samuel Bagenstos <sambagen at umich.edu>wrote:

> One wonders with whom Joe thinks he is arguing here.  The brief arguing
> that the Eleventh Amendment bars application of *Ex parte Young* to the *American
> Tradition* case is not signed by any well known progressive, nor do I
> know of any modern-day progressive who would endorse such an argument.  The
> original Progressives -- capital "P" -- never liked *Young* in the first
> place, of course, but I don't think that's who Joe is talking about here.
>
> On May 29, 2012, at 7:42 AM, Joe La Rue wrote:
>
> Regarding the proposal that the 11th Amendment requires the Supreme Court
> to refuse to hear the new Citizens United style challenge, thereby
> effectively allowing states to decide whether to strip First Amendment
> freedoms by banning corporate political speech, one wonders whether
> progressives would have thought that was a right outcome in the 1950s and
> 60s, with regards to civil rights? In other words, equality for all races
> would have been the federal law, but not the law of, say, Alabama. Would
> that be acceptable?
>
> If not, then neither should this be. Both situations involve federal
> constitutional law. And, last time I checked, the federal constitution has
> a supremacy clause, which dictates that the federal constitution trumps any
> attempts by the states to disregard it. So, states could not avoid the 14th
> Amendment by appealing to state law. And Montana should not be able to
> avoid the First Amendment by appealing to state law, either. And it seems
> to me that, to be consistent, if you think that Montana should win on 10th
> and 11th Amendment grounds, you also must think that segregation should
> still be a possible outcome in individual states.
> Joe
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> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
>
>>   “Hispanic boom may not shift Texas’ diversity in Congress”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34857>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 9:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34857> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Important AP report:<http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20120528-hispanic-boom-may-not-shift-texas-diversity-in-congress.ece>“One
>> is a black real estate agent and the other a white millionaire. For two new
>> districts created to reflect Texas’ soaring Hispanic population, they might
>> be the representatives elected to Congress. That’s not exactly what
>> Hispanic leaders pictured, and some are disheartened.”
>>
>> More: South Texas congressional candidates receive late cash<http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-on-the-potomac/2012/05/south-texas-congressional-candidates-receive-late-cash/>
>> .
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34857&title=%E2%80%9CHispanic%20boom%20may%20not%20shift%20Texas%E2%80%99%20diversity%20in%20Congress%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Supreme
>> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>> | Comments Off
>>   “End of the Charade” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34854>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 9:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34854> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> NYT editorial
>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/opinion/end-of-the-charade.html?hp>on
>> the Chamber of Commerce and disclosure.
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34854&title=%E2%80%9CEnd%20of%20the%20Charade%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “As the jury in the John Edwards case deliberates a week with no
>> verdict, how long is too long?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34851>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 8:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34851> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> AP reports.<http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/as-the-jury-in-the-john-edwards-case-deliberates-a-week-with-no-verdict-how-long-is-too-long/2012/05/28/gJQAybLcwU_story.html>
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34851&title=%E2%80%9CAs%20the%20jury%20in%20the%20John%20Edwards%20case%20deliberates%20a%20week%20with%20no%20verdict%2C%20how%20long%20is%20too%20long%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
>> chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, John Edwards<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=17>
>> | Comments Off
>>   “Political Money Talks” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34847>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 8:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34847> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> NYT editorial<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/opinion/political-money-talks.html?_r=1&ref=politics>:
>> “As Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin faces a well deserved recall vote<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/us/politics/wisconsin-democrats-vote-for-challenger-to-scott-walker.html>next month after stripping public unions of their bargaining rights, voters
>> are discovering the generosity of Diane Hendricks. Ms. Hendricks, the
>> billionaire chairwoman of the nation’s largest roofing and siding
>> wholesaler <http://www.abcsupply.com/media-center/fact-sheet>, wrote a
>> check for $500,000 last month to help defend Governor Walker, a Republican,
>> against his Democratic challenger, Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee<http://city.milwaukee.gov/Mayor>
>> .”
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34847&title=%E2%80%9CPolitical%20Money%20Talks%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, recall
>> elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=11> | Comments Off
>>   “Our Imbecilic Constitution” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34845>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 8:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34845> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Sandy Levinson blogs
>> <http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/our-imbecilic-constitution/?ref=politics>at
>> NYT’s Campaign Stops blog.
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34845&title=%E2%80%9COur%20Imbecilic%20Constitution%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Congressional Black Caucus rallies preachers to tackle voter-ID laws”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34842>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 8:05 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34842> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> McClatchy reports<http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2012/05/28/1542433/congressional-black-caucus-rallies.html>
>> .
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34842&title=%E2%80%9CCongressional%20Black%20Caucus%20rallies%20preachers%20to%20tackle%20voter-ID%20laws%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in 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
>>   “$55 million for conservative campaigns — but where did it come from?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34840>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 8:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34840> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Must-read
>> <http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-secret-money-20120528,0,3399955.story>LA
>> Times report, with the subhead: “A group with ties to the billionaire Koch
>> brothers doled it out in the 2010 election cycle, but the sources of the
>> cash remain a mystery.”
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34840&title=%E2%80%9C%2455%20million%20for%20conservative%20campaigns%20%E2%80%94%20but%20where%20did%20it%20come%20from%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Campaigns mine online data to target voters”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34837>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 7:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34837> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> AP<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g5IqenDmEunDOxRKNfQv7rYCScxA?docId=4a2481d5f77f4b53b326b8e62ce045e4>:
>> Voters who click on President Barack Obama’s campaign website are likely to
>> start seeing display ads promoting his re-election bid on their Facebook
>> pages and other sites they visit. Voters searching Google for information
>> about Mitt Romney may notice a 15-second ad promoting the Republican
>> presidential hopeful the next time they watch a video online.”
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34837&title=%E2%80%9CCampaigns%20mine%20online%20data%20to%20target%20voters%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, social media
>> and social protests <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=58> | Comments Off
>>   “Texas-style redistricting vexes voters, puts map boundaries in
>> perpetual motion” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34834>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 7:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34834> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> WaPo reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/texas-style-redistricting-vexes-voters-puts-map-boundaries-in-perpetual-motion/2012/05/27/gJQAVvC7uU_story.html>
>> .
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34834&title=%E2%80%9CTexas-style%20redistricting%20vexes%20voters%2C%20puts%20map%20boundaries%20in%20perpetual%20motion%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Supreme
>> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>> | Comments Off
>>   “Big Money Corporate Spending in Elections May Lose in Supreme Court:
>> Citizens United Ruling Faces Imminent Reversal”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34830>
>> Posted on May 28, 2012 7:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34830> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Press release<http://www.11thamendment.org/2012/05/23/big-money-corporate-spending-in-elections-may-lose-in-supreme-court-citizens-united-ruling-faces-imminent-reversal/>:
>> “Citizens United, the controversial 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that
>> allows for virtually unlimited corporate spending in state elections, may
>> face an immediate effective reversal if the Court refuses, on 11th
>> Amendment constitutional grounds, to hear a case involving Citizens United
>> and the State of Montana. The Eleventh Amendment Movement (TEAM,
>> www.11thAmendment.org), a non-partisan political action association
>> based in Hawaii, last week filed an amicus curiae “friend-of-the-court”
>> brief t<http://www.11thamendment.org/2012/05/08/11th-amendment-supreme-court-briefs/>hat
>> raises the 11th Amendment jurisdictional issue in the current case of
>> American Tradition Partnership vs. Steve Bullock (Montana Attorney
>> General). That case involves a recent Montana Supreme Court decision that
>> upheld the state’s own anti-corruption election finance laws in defiance of
>> the federally mandated Citizens United ruling. Montana’s decision has now
>> been petitioned for appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court has
>> not yet decided whether it will hear the appeal, but is expected to rule
>> soon.”
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34830&title=%E2%80%9CBig%20Money%20Corporate%20Spending%20in%20Elections%20May%20Lose%20in%20Supreme%20Court%3A%20Citizens%20United%20Ruling%20Faces%20Imminent%20Reversal%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
>> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments Off
>>   Pildes on Bullock on Redistricting<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34827>
>> Posted on May 27, 2012 8:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34827> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>  *Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America*. By Charles S.
>> Bullock III. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. 234p. $79.00 cloth,
>> $25.00 paper.
>> * *
>>
>> * Richard H. Pildes (2012).*
>> Perspectives on Politics<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PPS>,
>> Issue 02<http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PPS&volumeId=10&bVolume=y#loc10%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%20%E2%80%9C%3EVolume%2010%3C/a%3E,%3Cbr%20/%3E%3Ca%20href=>,
>> June 2012 pp 495-496
>>
>> http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=8593683
>>   <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34827&title=Pildes%20on%20Bullock%20on%20Redistricting&description=>
>>   Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Michigan: McCotter Could Get Booted from the Ballot”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34823>
>> Posted on May 26, 2012 4:43 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34823> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> *Roll Call*:
>> <http://atr.rollcall.com/michigan-mccotter-could-get-booted-from-the-ballot/>“Rep.
>> Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) is at risk of losing his place on the Aug. 7
>> primary ballot due to problems with his petition signatures, wreaking havoc
>> on the GOP’s once secure hold on his seat.”
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34823&title=%E2%80%9CMichigan%3A%20McCotter%20Could%20Get%20Booted%20from%20the%20Ballot%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,
>> petition signature gathering <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=39> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “Can State Laws Cohabit With Citizens United?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34821>
>> Posted on May 26, 2012 4:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34821> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Linc Caplan has this opinion piece<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/opinion/sunday/can-state-laws-cohabit-with-citizens-united.html>in Sunday’s
>> *New York Times*.
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34821&title=%E2%80%9CCan%20State%20Laws%20Cohabit%20With%20Citizens%20United%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>   “D.C. Mayor’s Administration Mired In Scandal”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34818>
>> Posted on May 26, 2012 2:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34818> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> NPR<http://www.npr.org/2012/05/26/153782893/d-c-mayors-administration-mired-in-cloud-of-scandal?ft=1&f=1014&sc=tw>:
>> “Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray was elected to office on a platform
>> of anti-corruption. But just two years into his term, a federal
>> investigation has left two former aides pleading guilty to misdeeds during
>> the 2010 election. Gray has denied any wrongdoing. Host Guy Raz talks about
>> D.C. politics with *Washington Post* reporter Nikita Stewart.”
>>
>> MORE: A scathing WaPo editorial<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/an-investigation-that-goes-to-the-heart-of-our-political-system/2012/05/23/gJQAfJOdlU_story.html>(via Election
>> Law Center<http://electionlawcenter.com/2012/05/26/2010-dc-mayors-race-an-investigation-that-goes-to-the-heart-of-our-political-system.aspx>
>> ).
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34818&title=%E2%80%9CD.C.%20Mayor%E2%80%99s%20Administration%20Mired%20In%20Scandal%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12> | Comments Off
>>   “Last filing on campaign finance” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34815>
>> Posted on May 26, 2012 1:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=34815> by Rick
>> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Lyle Denniston<http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/05/filings-in-on-campaign-finance/>:
>> “Acting quickly and setting the stage for the Supreme Court to act next
>> month, challengers of a Montana law limiting corporations’ spending to
>> influence state elections mailed their reply brief<http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/11-1179_cert_reply-1.pdf> to
>> the Court on Friday.  Among other arguments, they urged the Court not to
>> consider developments in campaign finance since the Court’s 2010 ruling
>> that is centrally at issue: *Citizens United v. Federal Election
>> Commission<http://www2.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/Citizens_United_v_Federal_Election_Commission_130_S_Ct_876_175_L_>
>> *.  Again, they urged the Court to act summarily, without formal
>> briefing and oral argument.”
>>  <share_save_171_16.png><http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D34815&title=%E2%80%9CLast%20filing%20on%20campaign%20finance%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  --
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