[EL] EAC

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Nov 1 15:17:30 PDT 2012


I expect that would go over really well with Senate Republicans.
While he's at it, how about some FEC nominations from the President?


On 11/1/12 3:14 PM, Trevor Potter wrote:
>
> Of course, under the Constitution (as strictly construed, as I'm sure 
> Brad would argue it should be) the Republicans are not supposed to 
> "come forth with names" for the President to appoint---the President 
> is supposed to nominate the persons he deems best, and the Senate is 
> supposed to exercise its powers of "advice and consent"...
>
> Trevor Potter
>
> *From:*law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu 
> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of 
> *Rick Hasen
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:48 PM
> *To:* Smith, Brad
> *Cc:* law-election at UCI.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] EAC
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> The president did put forward the names of proposed Democratic 
> commissioners, but Republicans have not come forward with names.
>
> On 11/1/12 9:35 AM, Smith, Brad wrote:
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>     "Must-read Roll Call report on the U.S. Election Assistance
>     Commission, the federal agency which is supposed to be advising on
>     best practices in running elections, and would be a go-to place
>     for guidance in the wake of Sandy, but which has all four of its
>     commissioner seats vacant *thanks to Republican opposition to the
>     agency*."
>
>     Well, it's not exactly like the President has nominated people who
>     are waiting to be confirmed, or made recess appointments, which he
>     seems to be willing to do even when the House and Senate have not
>     declared themselves in recess.  Perhaps we should say "thanks to
>     bipartisan lack of interest."
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>     [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf
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>     *Sent:* Thursday, November 01, 2012 12:22 PM
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>     *Subject:* [EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/1/12
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>         "The Phantom Commission" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42934>
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>     Posted on October 31, 2012 9:12 pm
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=42934> by Rick Hasen
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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>     Must-read Roll Call report
>     <http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_33/Agency-Formed-to-Restore-Confidence-in-Elections-Is-in-Disarray-218616-1.html>
>     on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the federal agency
>     which is supposed to be advising on best practices in running
>     elections, and would be a go-to place for guidance in the wake of
>     Sandy, but which has /all four of its commissioner seats/ vacant
>     thanks to Republican opposition to the agency.
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>     Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>, The Voting Wars
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
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