[EL] Another great day for disclosure.

Fri Apr 12 13:48:11 PDT 2013

Mark,

I only add to John's reply that if you have a PACER account, the case # is
11-05431 in the Western District of Washington.

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Mark Schmitt <schmitt.mark at gmail.com>wrote:

> Could one of you please provide a link to something that explains this,
> and why it is a civil-rights claim. I've clicked on all the links in Steve
> Klein's post and find nothing.
>
> And a little googling has convinced me that Dale Warsham is a very bad guy
> and should be recalled, but I'm no closer to understanding the dispute as
> described here, or why an ordinary legal case constitutes "harassment" or
> "intimidation."
>
> Mark Schmitt
> Senior Fellow, The Roosevelt Institute<http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/>
> 202/246-2350
> gchat or Skype: schmitt.mark
> twitter: mschmitt9
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Bill Maurer <wmaurer at ij.org> wrote:
>
>>  Adam, I don’t understand your point.  The campaign did not receive
>> in-kind legal services as a political contribution.  They received legal
>> services to which they are entitled under the federal civil rights laws.
>> One of those laws, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1988, manifests Congress’s desire to have
>> people and associations restore their federal civil rights *at no cost
>> to themselves—*that is, put them (and their attorneys) back in the same
>> position as they would have been had a state or local government not
>> interfered with their federal civil rights in the first place.  They would
>> not have needed to have any legal representation on the issue except a
>> state government was depriving them of rights guaranteed to them under
>> federal law.  I don’t see how vindicating a federal right under the
>> procedure that Congress created to vindicate federal rights to restore them
>> to the position they were in prior to the violation of those rights can
>> constitute an in-kind contribution to a political campaign.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> In other words, it doesn’t complicate the story.  It makes it simpler—it
>> is exactly what the federal civil rights laws were designed to do.
>> Treating them otherwise complicates things because it creates a serious
>> barrier to free legal representation to those whose federal civil rights
>> have been violated just because they were exercising their fundamental
>> First Amendment rights by participating in an election.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Bill****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:
>> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of *Adam Bonin
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 12, 2013 6:20 AM
>> *To:* 'Steve Hoersting'; 'Steve Klein'
>>
>> *Cc:* law-election at uci.edu
>> *Subject:* Re: [EL] Another great day for disclosure.****
>>
>>  ** **
>>
>> I want to make sure I understand the claim here, because I guess in this
>> case the (c)(3) is serving as counsel to a political entity, and not merely
>> as an independent amicus?  ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> It also seems, based on the complaint (
>> http://www.pdc.wa.gov/Home/enforcement/status/pdfs/2013/13028.CUI.pdf),
>> that the gravamen of the complaint is that the recall committee was seeking
>> reimbursement for the in-kind legal services it had received, but hadn’t
>> previously disclosed those services as contributions. So that complicates
>> the story you’re trying to tell, at a minimum. ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Adam C. Bonin
>> The Law Office of Adam C. Bonin
>> 1900 Market Street, 4th Floor
>> Philadelphia, PA 19103
>> (215) 864-8002 (w)
>> (215) 701-2321 (f)
>> (267) 242-5014 (c)****
>>
>> adam at boninlaw.com****
>>
>> http://www.boninlaw.com****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
>> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On Behalf Of *Steve
>> Hoersting
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 12, 2013 8:30 AM
>> *To:* Steve Klein
>> *Cc:* law-election at uci.edu
>> *Subject:* Re: [EL] Another great day for disclosure.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Shocking. Wish I could say the tactic is surprising.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Well, if this policy sticks and proliferates, I can think of nothing that
>> will better bolster the *Socialist Workers* exemption in administrative
>> agencies and district courts across America. Green Party candidates pushing
>> constitutional questions will qualify, of course; Tea Party candidates will
>> not...****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> And we will all profess to be shocked again.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Steve****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Steve Klein <stephen.klein.esq at gmail.com>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
>> to say it.”****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Apparently the Washington Public Disclosure Commission<http://wyliberty.org/feature/another-chilling-step-in-campaign-finance-disclosure/>never heard that one before<http://wyliberty.org/feature/another-chilling-step-in-campaign-finance-disclosure/>
>> . ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I heard about this yesterday, but I remain shocked. If you can't shut up
>> the grassroots, shut down their lawyers. It's somewhat brilliant, but don't
>> call it "reform."
>>
>> -- ****
>>
>> Steve Klein****
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> * ****
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