[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/19/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Apr 19 08:04:26 PDT 2013
"How the ban on earmarks killed the gun bill"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49436>
Posted on April 19, 2013 7:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49436>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Fix
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/19/how-the-ban-on-earmarks-killed-the-gun-bill/>:
Washington used to be a place where lawmakers openly traded votes
for both concrete and symbolic concessions from the executive
branch, whether it was a project in a member's district or simply
the president's presence at a specific event.
But the press, watchdog groups and many politicians began demonizing
this practice and now, appropriations bills are free of the
so-called "earmarks
<http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-02-06/politics/35442262_1_congressional-earmarks-congressional-knowledge-stock-act>"
that eased the passage of everything from the North American Free
Trade Agreement under President Bill Clinton to prescription drug
coverage for seniors under President George W. Bush.
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"Romney strategist: We were two years behind Obama"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49433>
Posted on April 19, 2013 7:47 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49433>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Campaigns & Elections reports
<http://www.campaignsandelections.com/campaign-insider/367992/romney-strategist-we-were-two-years-behind-obama.thtml>.
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No More Twitter Campaign Ban in Japan
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49431>
Posted on April 19, 2013 7:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49431>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/19/national/diet-oks-internet-election-campaigns/#.UXFYmoLR2zs>.
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and social protests <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=58> | Comments Off
"Major Colo. election changes get 1st OK by House"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49428>
Posted on April 18, 2013 7:43 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49428>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP reports
<http://www.denverpost.com/colorado/ci_23053352/major-colo-election-changes-up-debate>.
Follow @IvanJourno if you care about what's happening with Colorado
election law.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
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"A Simple Plan to Drastically Improve Voting, Stop Fraud, and Save
Money" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49425>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49425>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Trevor Potter
<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/a-simple-plan-to-drastically-improve-voting-stop-fraud-and-save-money/275074/>:
The best hope for reform is with registration reforms at the state
level, says the lawyer for John McCain's 2008 campaign and Stephen
Colbert's super PAC.
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Caperton v. Massey Lives! <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49422>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49422>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Whodathunk it? <http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201304180082>
The Virginia Supreme Court of Virginia ruled unanimously that Hugh
Caperton and his coal companies --- Harman Mining and Sovereign Coal
Sales --- can pursue a lawsuit against the former A.T. Massey Coal
Co. in a Virginia circuit court.
In a 27-page opinion
<http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opnscvwp/1121046.pdf>
released on Thursday morning, Virginia's top court ruled the civil
lawsuit can proceed. The same lawsuit was dismissed by the West
Virginia Supreme Court three times.
"The [West Virginia] court determined that a forum selection clause
in an agreement between the parties required that the suit be
brought in Virginia," the Virginia Supreme Court noted in its 5-0
decision.
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judicial elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19> | Comments Off
"Scalia's latest: Unethical or merely appalling?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49420>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49420>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AFJ blogs
<http://afjjusticewatch.blogspot.com/2013/04/scalias-latest-unethical-or-merely.html>
on the Justice's recent statements about the Voting Rights Act.
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More Political Dysfunction <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49417>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49417>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I've posted a revised draft of my article, "Political Dysfunction and
Constitutional Change,
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2243798>" on SSRN.
The article has already provoked some interesting reactions from Eric
Alterman
<http://www.thenation.com/article/173775/more-bs-about-both-sides?rel=emailNation#>,
Jonathan Bernstein
<http://www.salon.com/2013/04/06/the_republican_party_is_officially_broken/>,
and Seth Masket
<http://www.psmag.com/politics/united-states-united-kingdom-politics-parliament-54769/>.
I plan to write more about this soon.
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political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68> | Comments Off
"A national popular vote would make every vote for president count"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49414>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49414>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Retired Oregon Chief Justice Paul de Muniz has written this oped
<http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/04/a_national_popular_vote_would.html>.
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"US Senate Succumbs to NRA Protection Racket: Filibuster Assures
Easy Access to Guns for Criminals, Mentally Ill People and
Terrorists" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49412>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49412>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Richard Painter, President Bush's ethics czar, has this post
<http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/2013/04/us-senate-succumbs-to-nra-protection-racket-filibuster-assures-easy-access-to-guns-for-criminals-lun.html>at
the Legal Ethics Forum.
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"'All the President's Men Revisited': Watergate again, but not just
a nostalgia trip" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49409>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49409>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/all-the-presidents-men-revisited-watergate-again-but-not-just-a-nostalgia-trip/2013/04/17/c6f41066-a6ac-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html?hpid=z4>on
new documentary.
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2013 Election Law Casebook Supplement Coming This Summer
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49406>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49406>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This is a post for instructors who will be teaching a course on Election
Law in the fall. Dan Tokaji and I will soon begin work on the 2013
supplement toLowenstein, Hasen, and Tokaji, Election Law--Cases and
Materials
<http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611631784/Election-Law-Fifth-Edition>
(5th ed. 2012). The edition will be posted free online for use by
instructors (and their students) who assign the casebook.
The Supreme Court's expected decisions in the /Shelby County/ case
involving the constitutionality of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
and the argument coming next term in the campaign finance case of
/McCutcheon v. FEC/ are among the developments we expect to cover in the
2013 supplement.
If you are an instructor, use the link above to request a free review
copy of the casebook.
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Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49404>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49404>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"Bribery isn't what it once was," said an official with one of the major
gun-control groups. "The government has no money. Once upon a time you
would throw somebody a post office or a research facility in times like
this. Frankly, there's not a lot of leverage."
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/gun-control-vote-obamas-biggest-loss-90244_Page3.html#ixzz2QrdLyfbv
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Harvard Law Review Developments Issue Discusses Danielczyk Corporate
Contributions Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49401>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49401>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/126/april13/Recent_Case_9467.php>
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"Your Civil Rights Division is a Rat's Nest"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49399>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:16 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49399>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Rep. Frank Wolf stays classy
<http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/04/holder-gets-stormy-reception-from-house-panel-162073.html>
at Eric Holder hearing.
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Tom Perez Labor Confirmation Hearing Turns to DOJ Voting Division
Controversies <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49397>
Posted on April 18, 2013 5:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49397>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/labor-tom-perez-faces-gop-heat-90284.html>
BLT
<http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/04/perez-challenged-at-confirmation-hearing.html?kw=Perez%20Challenged%20at%20Confirmation%20Hearing&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130418&src=EMC-Email&pt=Legal%20Times%20Afternoon%20Update>
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"In Poll, Most New Yorkers Say Corruption Is a Big Problem"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49394>
Posted on April 17, 2013 9:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49394>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports.
<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/corruption-is-seen-as-a-major-problem-in-new-york-state-poll-shows/>
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"NC poll finds support for voter ID drops with more information
about alternatives, impact of laws"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49391>
Posted on April 17, 2013 9:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49391>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Facing South blogs
<http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/04/nc-poll-finds-support-for-voter-id-drops-with-more-information-about-alternatives-impact-of->.
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"Justice Scalia's Latest 'Racial Entitlement' Remark"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49389>
Posted on April 17, 2013 9:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49389>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Spencer Overton blog
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/spencer-overton/justice-scalias-latest-ra_b_3103845.html>s.
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"Did Scalia Tip His Hand In Major Voting Rights Case?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49386>
Posted on April 17, 2013 1:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49386>
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
@TPM reports
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/scalia-tips-his-hand-voting-rights-act.php>.
My earlier coverage is here
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49355&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electionlawblog%2FuqCP+%28Election+Law%29>.
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