[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/5/12
JBoppjr at aol.com
JBoppjr at aol.com
Fri Oct 5 09:19:12 PDT 2012
Regarding this hit piece:
_Slate Takes a Close Look at Jim Bopp and the Tax Status of the Madison
Center_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41151)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:17 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41151)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_This piece_
(http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/10/james_bopp_jr_s_unusual_relationship_with_the_james_madison_center_
.single.html) is much more temperate than then earlier attacks on Jim from
Common Cause and others. It seems to raise some reasonable questions
under the tax code, but it is far from my area of expertise so it is really
hard for me to know.
It all boils down to this: I am the only one retained so I am the only
one paid. And it is very little compared to the millions of dollars of pro
bono services I provide to the Madison Center for management, public
advocacy and litigation services.
I would say that this "close look" is with a jaundiced eye.
But let no good deed go unpunished. Jim Bopp
In a message dated 10/5/2012 11:58:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
_“Obama Sets Monthly Fundraising Record”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41171)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:43 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41171)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_WSJ:_
(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443768804578036744247901504.html) “he Obama campaign set a new monthly fundraising record for
the 2012 election cycle, taking in more than $150 million in September as
supporters rallied behind the president in the final phase of the election,
according to people familiar with the totals.”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41171&title=“Obama%20Sets%20Monthly%20Fundraising%20Record”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) |
Comments Off
_“Coal Miner’s Donor: A Mitt Romney benefactor and his surprisingly
generous employees”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41168)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:31 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41168)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Alec MacGillis writes_
(http://www.tnr.com/print/article/politics/108140/coal-miners-donor-mitt-romney-benefactor) for TNR.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41168&title=“Coal%20Miner’
s%20Donor:%20A%20Mitt%20Romney%20benefactor%20and%20his%20surprisingly%20generous%20employees”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) |
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_“FEC Stalls on Rewriting Disclosure Rules Following D.C. Circuit’s Van
Hollen Ruling”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41165)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:28 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41165)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Bloomberg BNA_
(http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=28322355&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d4x8m9x8&split=0) : “The Federal
Election Commission Oct. 4 deadlocked once again on whether to begin writing new
disclosure regulations in light of recent court decisions that have raised
questions about the adequacy of current rules. The commissioners split 3-3,
along party lines, in a vote during an FEC _open meeting_
(http://www.fec.gov/agenda/2012/agenda20121004.shtml) on a motion to initiate a rulemaking.
The vote came in response to the latest major court decision in a case
spearheaded by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) (Van Hollen v. FEC, 9/18/12D.C.
Cir., Nos. 12-5117 and 12-5118, 9/18/12; _3351 Money & Politics Report,
9/19/12_
(http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?fedfid=28322355&fname=a0d4r6p7g8&vname=mpebulallissues) ).”
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41165&title=“
FEC%20Stalls%20on%20Rewriting%20Disclosure%20Rules%20Following%20D.C.%20Circuit’s%20Van%20Hollen%20Ruling”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) |
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_“Canadian-owned firm’s mega-donation to super PAC raises ‘legal red flags
’”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41162)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:26 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41162)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
The Center for Public Integrity _reports._
(http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/10/05/11148/canadian-owned-firms-mega-donation-super-pac-raises-legal-re
d-flags)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41162&title=“Canadian-owned%20firm’
s%20mega-donation%20to%20super%20PAC%20raises%20‘legal%20red%20flags’”&description=)
Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) |
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_“Honey, I Shrunk The Precinct: Louisiana Deals With Voting Machine
Shortage as ‘Micro-Precincts’ Proliferate”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41159)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:24 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41159)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_A ChapinBlog_
(http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2012/10/honey_i_shrunk_the_precinct_lo.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_ca
mpaign=Feed:+HHHElections+(The+Election+Aacdemy)) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41159&title=“
Honey,%20I%20Shrunk%20The%20Precinct:%20Louisiana%20Deals%20With%20Voting%20Machine%20Shortage%20as%20‘Micro-Precincts’%20Proliferate”
&description=)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18)
| Comments Off
_“TN voter ID laws should be removed, attorney says in emergency appeal”_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41156)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:21 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41156)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_See here_
(http://www.wbir.com/news/article/237259/193/TN-voter-ID-laws-should-be-removed-attorney-says-in-emergency-appeal) .
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41156&title=“
TN%20voter%20ID%20laws%20should%20be%20removed,%20attorney%20says%20in%20emergency%20appeal”&description=)
Posted in _election administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) ,
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60) , _voter id_
(http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9) | Comments Off
_“Mississippi Voter ID Law Put On Hold For Election Following Federal
Review”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41153)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:18 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41153)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_Reuters reports._
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/mississippi-voter-id-law_n_1934121.html)
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41153&title=“
Mississippi%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Put%20On%20Hold%20For%20Election%20Following%20Federal%20Review”&description=)
Posted in _Department of Justice_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26) ,
_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
_Slate Takes a Close Look at Jim Bopp and the Tax Status of the Madison
Center_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41151)
Posted on _October 5, 2012 8:17 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41151)
by _Rick Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)
_This piece_
(http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/10/james_bopp_jr_s_unusual_relationship_with_the_james_madison_center_
.single.html) is much more temperate than then earlier attacks on Jim from
Common Cause and others. It seems to raise some reasonable questions
under the tax code, but it is far from my area of expertise so it is really
hard for me to know.
(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=41151&title=Slate%20Takes%20a%20Close%20Look%20at%20Jim%20Bopp%20and%20the%20Tax%
20Status%20of%20the%20Madison%20Center&description=)
Posted in _election law biz_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51) , _tax
law and election law_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22) | Comments Off
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