[EL] "Citizens United poised to destroy judicial impartiality"

JBoppjr at aol.com JBoppjr at aol.com
Sun Aug 4 04:32:05 PDT 2013


It is ironic that, having spent several decades saying that issue ads  are 
just like express advocacy ads and convincing the Supreme Court through  
"studies" that this is so for broadcast ads that only name a  candidate in 
proximity to an election, that now we find out that this is  actually not so.  
Did all the "experts" who so testified in  McConnell for the "reformers" 
perjure themselves?  Or is a new  revelation?  Jim Bopp
 
 
In a message dated 8/3/2013 3:11:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tpotter at capdale.com writes:

Of course, political consultants will tell us that a "thank you" "issue  
ad" is not as effective as a full- throated negative express advocacy  
commercial-- which is no doubt why we see more of the latter post- Citizens  United 
in states that prohibited corporate funded IEs-- like Montana.


Trevor Potter

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 3, 2013, at 12:38 PM, "Adam Bonin" <_adam at boninlaw.com_ 
(mailto:adam at boninlaw.com) > wrote:



     
 
Perhaps  my favorite such example: $1.2M in corporate-funded ads aired in 
the final  week of Pennsylvania’s 2007 election cycle encouraging voters to “
thank”  Judge Maureen Lally-Green, who happened to be on the ballot for the 
Supreme  Court. (Pre-CU, and PA did not allow corporate contributions or 
independent  expenditures at the time.)  Not only did efforts to enjoin the 
ads fail  (because the ads contained no express advocacy), but the 
Commonwealth was  ordered to reimburse the sponsor for its legal fees, and the sponsor 
was not  required to register as a political committee. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnifj2A7Has   
http://articles.philly.com/2008-05-07/news/24989915_1_corbett-spokesman-kevi
n-harley-ads-political-expenditures   
Adam  C. Bonin
The Law Office of Adam C. Bonin
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Philadelphia, PA 19103
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_adam at boninlaw.com_ (mailto:adam at boninlaw.com)  
_http://www.boninlaw.com_ (http://www.boninlaw.com/)  
 
 
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[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu]  On Behalf Of Smith, Brad
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To: _law-election at UCI.edu_ (mailto:law-election at UCI.edu) 
Subject:  Re: [EL] “Citizens United poised to destroy judicial  impartiality
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What  I always find odd when I read such commentary as that of Justice 
Nelson (1st  item below) is the sense that this is somehow new. Is Justice 
Nelson unaware  that prior to 2010 a majority of states, many of which have an 
elected  judiciary, allowed unlimited corporate expenditures? That even in 
other  states and federally, corporations could fund "issue ads," in some 
states  right up until the election, in a few only more than some days out?    
 

 
I  can understand arguments against Citizens United, and why people 
disagree  with the decision, but I am constantly baffled by what seems to be the 
sheer  unwillingness to consider the probable consequences of Citizens United 
in  light of the law prior to 2010. 
 
 
Bradley  A. Smith 
Josiah  H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault 
Professor of Law 
Capital  University Law School 
303  E. Broad St. 
Columbus,  OH 43215 
614.236.6317 
http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

 
  
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Subject:  [EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/3/13
 
 
_“Citizens United  poised to destroy judicial impartiality”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53956)  
 
Posted  on _August 3, 2013 10:50 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53956)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
Former Montana Supreme Court Justice James C.  Nelson, Supreme  who 
dissented (and was ultimately vindicated) by the  United States Supreme Court in 
ATP v. Bullock, has written _this oped f_ 
(http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/citizens-united-poised-to-destroy-judicial-impartiality/article_2d
25e012-fab8-11e2-833b-001a4bcf887a.html) or the  Missoulian. 
[A}ccording to the Supreme Court, while  contributions directly to a 
candidate breed corruption, corporate  expenditures on behalf of a candidate do 
not have any such corruptive  effect. 
For those living in a parallel universe that  nuance may make sense, but, 
in reality it is a dichotomy grounded in utter  fiction. Worse, this canard 
presents a clear and present danger for the  majority of states, like 
Montana, where voters elect their judges and  justices. Citizens United applies to 
judicial elections, too. Make no  mistake; its effects will dominate 
judicial  elections.
 
 
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_“D.C. group not  happy with how Indiana handling complaint”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53953)  
 
Posted  on _August 3, 2013 10:46 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53953)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
_TribStar_ 
(http://tribstar.com/news/x1664876769/D-C-group-not-happy-with-how-Indiana-handling-complaint) : “The Washington D.C. watchdog group that 
accused  Terre Haute attorney Jim Bopp Jr. of improperly benefiting from a  
not-for-profit organization has gotten its first official response to one of  
its complaints — and it’s not happy.” 
 
 
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_“Congress: Divided,  discourteous _ taking a break”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53950)  
 
Posted  on _August 3, 2013 10:43 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53950)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
AP’s _David Espo_ 
(http://bigstory.ap.org/article/congress-divided-discourteous-taking-break-0) : “The accomplishments are few, the chaos  plentiful in 
the 113th Congress, a discourteous model of divided government  now 
beginning a five-week break.” 
More: 
Legislation linking interest rates on  student loans to the marketplace 
passed, and, too, a bill to strengthen  the government’s response to crimes 
against women. Two more measures sent  recovery funds to the victims of 
Superstorm Sandy. 
Among the 18 other measures signed into law  so far: one named a new span 
over the Mississippi River as the Stan Musial  Veterans Memorial Bridge, 
after the late baseball legend. Another renamed  a section of the tax code after 
former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of  Texas. 
A third clarified the size of metal blanks  to be used by the Baseball Hall 
of Fame in minting gold and silver  commemoratives: a diameter of .85 
inches in the case of $5 gold coins, and  1.5 inches for $1 silvers.
 
 
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_Slate Gabfest  Tackles Holder’s Voting Rights Gambit_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53948)  
 
Posted  on _August 3, 2013 10:40 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53948)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
_Here_ 
(http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gabfest/2013/08/the_gabfest_bradley_manning_s_verdict_texas_and_the_future_of_the_voting.html) . 
 
 
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_“Judging the  (un)productivity of the 113th Congress”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53945)  
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 8:09 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53945)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
_WaPo reports_ 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/02/judging-the-unproductivity-of-the-113th-congress/) . 
 
 
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_Two from CLC_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53942)   
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 1:28 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53942)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
_Reform Groups Urge FEC Chair to Buck Partisan Political  Pressure to 
Undermine Enforcement_ 
(http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2207:august-2-2013-reform-groups-urge-fec-chair-to-buc
k-partisan-political-pressure-to-undermine-enforcement-&catid=63:legal-cente
r-press-releases&Itemid=61)  
and 
_Watchdogs Urge FEC to Reject Democratic & Republican   Parties’ Request to 
Use “Recount Funds” as Slush  Funds_ 
(http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2208:august-2-2013-watchdogs-urge
-fec-to-reject-democratic-a-republican-parties-request-to-use-recount-funds-
as-slush-funds&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61)  
 
 
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_Can Democracies Ban  “Anti-Democratic” Political Parties?_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53915)  
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 12:08 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53915)  
by _Richard  Pildes_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7)  
 
Though this blog usually focuses only on U.S.  issues, I wanted to flag a 
story in today’s Wall Street Journal that might  provoke the interest of many 
readers (since the WSJ is behind a paywall, see  _here_ 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com
/world/asia_pacific/bangladesh-court-disqualifies-largest-islamic-party-from-election/2013/08/01/1a405bfa-fa93-11e2-89f7-8599e3f77a67_story.ht
ml) ).  In Bangladesh, a court has barred the  country’s largest Islamist 
political party from participating in upcoming  elections later this year or 
early next.  Although the party,  Jamaat-e-Islam (JI), is relatively small, 
it could well be the tipping force  in the struggle for control of the 
govern between the two major political  parties; JI aligns with the opposition. 
The court banned JI on the ground that the  party’s charter acknowledges 
the “absolute power” of God and does not  acknowledge the sovereignty of the 
people of Bangladesh.  This judicial  action is a timely illustration of two 
central issues in the post-World War  II struggles over what “democracy” 
means and entails.  The first is the  idea of “militant democracy,” which is 
the view that democracies can and  should be militant in taking measures to 
ensure the continued democratic  nature of the state and to ban or contain 
anti-democratic forces, including  political parties.  Though coined in 1937 
by Karl Loewenstein, the idea  caught on powerfully in Europe in the 
aftermath of WWII.  The second  issue this recent court decision raises, of 
course, is what role  religiously-based political parties should be permitted to 
play in  democracies — an issue particularly acute right now in working out 
the  appropriate relationship between Islam and democracy, surely among the 
most  significant political issues of our era.  The decision sounds similar  
to earlier decisions of the Turkish Constitutional Court and the European  
Court of Human Rights, which upheld bans on Islamist parties that were  
judged to be anti-democratic.  For a survey of these decisions, see _here._ 
(http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=935395)  
Violent protests have been going on in the  country since February, after 
the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh  sentenced leading figures in JI 
to death or long sentences for their role in  the country’s 1971 war for 
independence (see_ here_ 
(http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/08/bangladesh-court-rules-jamaat-e-islami-is-illegal-political-party.php) ), when JI aligned 
with Pakistan in resisting the  move for Bangladesh’s independence. The 
country became a democracy in  1991. 
 
 
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_Justice Scalia Ties  Supreme Court Prisoner Release Decision to Gay Rights 
Overreach: “Power of  the Black Robe”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53933)  
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 12:06 pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53933)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
>From _today’s dissent_ 
(http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Calif-prison-release-order-8-2-13.pdf)  on the _denial of a stay _ 
(http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/08/no-delay-of-prisoner-release/) in the 
California prisoner release  case: 
It appears to have become a standard ploy,  when this Court vastly expands 
the Power of the Black Robe, to hint at  limitations that make it seem not 
so bad. See, e.g., Lawrence v. Texas  (Scalia J. dissenting); United States 
v. Windsor (Scalia,  J., dissenting). Comes the moment of truth, the 
hinted-at limitation  proves a sham. As for me, I adhere to my original view of this 
terrible  injunction. It goes beyond what the Prison Litigation Reform Act 
allows,  and beyond the power of the courts. I would grant the stay and 
dissolve  the injunction.
UPDATE: Interesting _double entrendre_ 
(https://twitter.com/JoshMBlackman/status/363380501253341184)  in Scalia dissent. 
 
 
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_“House Committee  Subpoenas Treasury for Tax-Exempt Application Documents”
_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53929)   
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 11:29 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53929)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
Bloomberg BNA Breaking News: “House Oversight  and Government Reform 
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) issued a  subpoena Aug. 2 to Treasury 
Secretary Jacob Lew to compel the production of  various documents the 
committee wants for its investigation into the  Internal Revenue Service’s 
treatment of groups applying for tax-exempt  status.” 
 
 
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_“Leahy Eyes  ‘Nuclear Option’ Threat to Confirm Judges”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53926)  
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 11:13 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53926)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
_Roll Call_ 
(http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/leahy-nuclear-option-could-return-over-judges/) _ reports._ 
(http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/leahy-nuclear-option-could-return-over-judges/)  
 
 
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_“North Carolina  Voter ID Law Could Lead To Increased Voter Intimidation, 
Harassment,  Election Officials Fear”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53920) 
 
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 10:54 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53920)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
_HuffPo reports_ 
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/02/north-carolina-voter-intimidation_n_3695657.html) . 
 
 
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_Stewart Baker Mea  Culpa_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53917)  
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 10:49 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53917)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
_Wow_ 
(http://www.volokh.com/2013/08/01/did-the-president-win-re-election-by-violating-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/) . Stewart Baker crosses out 
most of his post yesterday  (about _which I_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53843)  and _others_ 
(http://www.volokh.com/2013/08/01/obama-probably-did-not-win-the-2012-election-by-violating-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/)  were 
_critical_ 
(http://www.volokh.com/2013/08/01/no-the-obama-campaign-didnt-violate-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/) ) and adds the following: 
CORRECTION/UPDATE: Having talked in some  detail with folks at Facebook, I’
ve concluded that this post was just  wrong, and I owe an apology to both 
Facebook and the Obama campaign, not  to mention the co-bloggers and readers 
who joined the fray. Facebook’s  terms of service do say all the things that 
I and Michael Vatis’s post  quoted – they prohibit password sharing and the 
soliciting of password  sharing and so on. But it turns out that Facebook 
also maintains Facebook  Platform, whose rules permit users to grant app 
developers access to their  user data, including a user’s list of friends. The 
Obama campaign created  an app that adapted this platform to its turnout 
goals, and it did so  within the rules set by Facebook.  Because the program was 
authorized  by Facebook, it was also authorized under the Computer Fraud 
and Abuse  Act.  I’ve deleted the bulk of the post but left it up so that any  
links to the original post will come to this  correction.
Maybe next time he should be more careful not  to insinuate without some 
evidence that a presidential candidate was  colluding with the Justice 
Department to engage in illegal activity to get  the candidate illegally elected. 
 
 
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_“The slow deaths of  presidential super PACs”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53912)  
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 9:21 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53912)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
_CPI reports_ 
(http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/08/02/13119/slow-deaths-presidential-super-pacs) . 
 
 
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_“The Obligation of  Members of Congress to Consider Constitutionality 
While Deliberating and  Voting: The Deficiencies of House Rule XII and a 
Proposed Rule for the  United States Senate”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53905) 
 
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 9:01 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53905)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  
 
Former Senator Russ Feingold has posted _this draft_ 
(http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2296716)  on SSRN.  Here is the  abstract: 
Most scholarly attention on constitutional  interpretation is focused on 
the judicial branch and the role of the  judiciary in our system of separation 
of powers. Nonetheless  constitutional interpretation should not take place 
solely in the courts.  Rather, history suggests our Framers envisioned that 
members of Congress,  as well as the President and the Courts, would have 
an independent and  important role to play in interpreting our Constitution. 
Yet this  obligation has eroded such that House Speaker John Boehner, with 
the  support of the Tea Party and his House colleagues, called for a “sea  
change” in the way the House of Representatives operates, with “a closer  
adherence to the U.S. Constitution,” and amended House Rule XII to require  
members of Congress who introduce bills or joint resolutions to provide a  
Constitutional Authority Statement (CAS) outlining Congress’s authority to  
adopt the bill or joint resolution. 
This Essay identifies, explains, and  critically explores four key 
deficiencies in House’s Rule in light of the  history of constitutional 
interpretation in Congress, the incentives of  members of Congress, and the realities of 
the legislative process. While  the House’s Rule represents an important 
step in improving the quality of  constitutional deliberation in Congress, it 
is unnecessarily bureaucratic,  underinclusive, fails to capture the 
importance of constitutional  interpretation for all members of Congress, not just 
the introducers of  legislation; and most importantly, reflects a severely 
limited notion of  what constitutional issues need to be considered in voting 
on legislation  by completely ignoring constitutional infirmities involving 
individual  rights, civil liberties, and any other potential constitutional 
issue  aside from merely Congress’s authority.  
To address these concerns, the Essay offers  a proposed rule for adoption 
in the United States Senate. The Proposed  Rule requires a Constitutional 
Authority Statement for all legislation —  not just bills or joint resolutions —
 but only when that legislation will  actually receive a vote. Furthermore, 
the Proposed Rule makes it clear  that all members of Congress — not just 
the introducer — have an  individual obligation to consider the 
constitutionality of legislation on  which they vote. Finally, the Proposed Senate Rule 
requires a CAS include  not just information about Congress’s Article I 
authority to enact a bill,  but also address other possible countervailing 
constitutional issues like  individual liberties.
 
 
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_The Law of  Democracy: 2013 Supplement_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53886)  
 
Posted  on _August 2, 2013 8:54 am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=53886)  
by _Richard  Pildes_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7)  
 
How many books thank both Barack Obama and  John Yoo?  I know of one — and 
it might well be the only one:  _The Law of Democracy:  Legal Structure of 
the  Political Process. _ 
(http://www.westacademic.com/Professors/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=178125&tab=1)  Back in the mid-1990s, when we were  
working on the first edition, Barack Obama was a mere state senator and law  
professor at the University of Chicago Law School; John Yoo was a professor  at 
the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.  Both taught  from the 
materials and provided us significant substantive analysis and  commentary. 
 Some others thanked in the First Edition (1998), who were  not well known 
at the time – indeed, many were law students – but have since  gone on to 
became major academic or public-policy figures include Lani  Guinier (Harvard 
Law); Sherrilyn Ifill (now President and Director-Counsel  of the NAACP 
LDF); Daryl Levinson (NYU Law); Nate Persily (Stanford Law);  Jeff Fisher 
(Co-Director, Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic); Tom  Goldstein (the 
lawyer who created and runs SCOTUS Blog).  If I left  anyone out, assume it’s 
because I considered you already well known back in  1998. . .or you worked on 
later editions. 
I thought of all this when I looked through  the book while getting ready 
to post a notice about the 2013 Supplement to  last year’s Fourth Edition now 
being available.  One of the most  gratifying aspects of creating this 
casebook has been the amazing people we  have had a chance to work with along 
the way.  As for the 2013  Supplement, suffice it to say it covers all the 
important developments that  need to be covered, and more, and that it’s 
available from Foundation Press  for immediate _download here._ 
(https://updateweb.thomsonwest.com/pub/cc?_ri_=X0Gzc2X=WQpglLjHJlTQGi4TsB7RfuEmtOmlrEzaYpg3wfNp
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