[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/18/13

[Rick Hasen]

    "Justices to Consider Feb. 15 Whether To Review Challenge to
    Contribution Cap" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46346>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46346> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=29153138&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d6b2m1v7&split=0>: 
"The Supreme Court is set to consider on Friday, Feb. 15, whether to 
grant review of a constitutional challenge to the aggregate limit on 
federal campaign contributions (McCutcheon v. Federal Election 
Commission, U.S., No. 12-536, jurisdictional statement filed 10/26/12)."

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    "How the Senate Filibuster Has Weakened Over Time"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46343>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46343> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM reports 
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/senate-filibuster-has-weakened-over-time.php>.

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    "Americans Call for Term Limits, End to Electoral College"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46341>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46341> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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<http://www.gallup.com/poll/159881/americans-call-term-limits-end-electoral-college.aspx>.

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    "GOP eyes Electoral College vote count change; Dems wary"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46339>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46339> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports 
<http://news.msn.com/politics/gop-eyes-electoral-college-vote-count-change-dems-wary>.

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    "Did tax-exempt groups mislead the IRS on political spending?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46337>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46337> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo editorial. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/did-tax-exempt-groups-mislead-the-irs-on-political-spending/2013/01/17/2cfdf4c4-55e7-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_story.html>

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    "GOP Blocks Path to Easier Voting"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46335>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46335> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo editorial 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/virginia-gop-blocks-path-to-easier-voting/2013/01/17/9b45efb8-6032-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html>, 
which also appears to endorse universal voter registration.

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    "GOP Eyes Election Laws" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46332>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46332> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Washington Times/ reports 
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/18/gop-eyes-new-election-laws/>on 
potential electoral college allocation changes.

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    Obama 501c4 to Disclose Donors <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46329>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46329> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

First Read: 
<http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/18/16584441-first-thoughts-different-attitude-greeting-obamas-upcoming-inaugural> 
"Organizing for Action will be set up as a 501c4 group, but we are told 
the group WILL have full disclosure of its donors (either monthly or 
quarterly); setting it up a 501c4 (as opposed  to a Super PAC) makes it 
easier to legally coordinate with the White House. But the Obama folks 
are conceding a big point here: They can't do the things they want to do 
(like the organizing, etc.) inside the Democratic Party.

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    "Black conservatives launch effort to scrap part of Voting Rights
    Act" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46327>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46327> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/The Guardian / 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/17/black-conservatives-voting-rights-act>reports 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/17/black-conservatives-voting-rights-act>.

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    "Florida Governor Backs Voting Changes"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46325>

Posted on January 17, 2013 9:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46325> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/us/politics/florida-governor-backs-changes-in-election-law.html>: 
"Two months after Florida was denounced for its chaotic election 
process, Gov. Rick Scott 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/richard_l_scott/index.html?inline=nyt-per> 
on Thursday endorsed three major changes proposed by the state's 
election supervisors. Governor Scott said he would support increasing 
the number of early voting days, including adding back the Sunday before 
Election Day, widening the range of polling places and reducing the 
length of ballots."

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    "Campaign Finance and the 2012 Election Symposium"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46322>

Posted on January 17, 2013 8:53 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46322> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Great lineup for Feb. 8 event 
<http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/events/library/2013/campaign_finance_related/event_calendar.html>at 
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    "Seeking to harness Obama's campaign resources for a second term"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46318>

Posted on January 17, 2013 8:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46318> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

LA Times 
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-campaign-20130118,0,7844873.story>: 
"As he launches his second term, President Obama 
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic> 
may get help from an ambitious new political organization being built 
out of his reelection campaign, a group that could reshape how future 
presidents harness supporters to press their White House 
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/executive-branch/white-house-PLCUL000110.topic> 
agendas....The organization will be set up as a 501(c)4 social welfare 
group, according to top Democrats privy to the discussions. That 
structure allows it to accept unlimited contributions. But rolling over 
the assets of a presidential campaign into a tax-exempt advocacy group 
presents some legal challenges. Campaign finance lawyers noted that such 
an organization cannot have politics as its primary purpose, according 
to Internal Revenue Service regulations. Such groups also are not 
required to publicly disclose their donors, a practice that Obama 
repeatedly deplored as he fielded attack ads in the 2012 campaign from 
501(c)4 organizations such as Crossroads GPS and Americans for 
Prosperity 
<http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/americans-for-prosperity-ORCIG0000042.topic>. 
The pro-Obama group could voluntarily reveal its contributors, however."

POLITICO 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/obama-campaign-to-relaunch-as-tax-exempt-group-86375_Page2.html> 
discusses the potential irony if the new Obama group fails to disclose 
its donors:

    Opponents of campaign finance reform say it's another reversal by
    Obama --- who has said repeatedly that he is against the amount of
    money sloshing around in politics.

    "It's just further evidence that everybody recognizes that there are
    valid reasons for people to want to remain anonymous," said Bradley
    Smith, a former Federal Election Commission chairman and head of the
    Center for Competitive Politics.

    Smith --- a vocal opponent of increased regulation of money in
    politics --- called some of Obama's rhetoric on campaign finance "B.S."

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    "Lawyers, Judges, and Money: Evolving Legal Issues Surrounding
    Spending on Judicial Elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46314>

Posted on January 17, 2013 2:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46314> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Drake Law Review symposium 
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/?pageID=lrVol60-3>:

*Volume 60, No. 3 Spring 2012
*

*NINTH ANNUAL
AMERICAN JUDICATURE SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM*

/Lawyers, Judges, and Money:  Evolving Legal Issues Surrounding Spending 
on Judicial Elections/

/Foreword
/ 
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/docs/lrVol60-3-OConnor.pdf>Hon. 
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Citizens United /Impact on Judicial Elections/
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/docs/lrVol60-3-Chemerinski.pdf>Erwin 
Chemerinsky
Rick Hasen
James Sample

/The New Storm of Money and Politics Derail Judicial Retention 
Elections/ 
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/docs/lrVol60-3-Brandenburg.pdf>
Bert Brandenburg
Matt Berg

/A Coin on the Tracks:  Can Big Money and Politics Derail Judicial 
Impartiality Through Election Spending? 
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/docs/lrVol60-3-Branstad.pdf>/
Christine E. Branstad
David L. Phillips
Nathan A. Olson

/The Futility of Contribution Limits in the Age of Super PACs/ 
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/docs/lrVol60-3-Gaughan.pdf>
Anthony J. Gaughan

/The Danger Inherent in the Public Perception that Justice is for Sale/ 
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/docs/lrVol60-3-Goodman.pdf>
Shira J. Goodman

/Protecting the Administrative Judiciary from External Pressures:  A 
Call for Vigilance 
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/docs/lrVol60-3-Mayes.pdf>/
Thomas A. Mayes

/2010 Justice Kilbride Retention Election in Illinois/ 
<http://students.law.drake.edu/lawReview/docs/lrVol60-3-Woodward.pdf>
Whitney Woodward

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    "No Votes Disguise Yes Sympathies for Some in G.O.P."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46312>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46312> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/us/politics/no-votes-disguise-yes-sympathies-for-some-in-gop.html?ref=politics>: 
"House Republicans 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/r/republican_party/index.html?8qa> 
have their Tea Party 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/t/tea_party_movement/index.html?8qa> 
Caucus. They have their G.O.P. Doctors Caucus. And, joining the list of 
varied special interest caucuses, they recently picked up another 
influential but much more unofficial group --- the Vote No/Hope Yes Caucus."

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    "Appeals court rules on news media access to polling places"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46309>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:53 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46309> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Post-Gazette 
<http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/politics-state/appeals-court-rules-on-news-media-access-to-polling-places-670601/>: 
"Media organizations in Pennsylvania don't have the right to report 
from, or take photos and video within, polling places, the 3rd U.S. 
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. The 53-page opinion 
<http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/123863pa.pdf> by three judges 
comes in response to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette lawsuit against the state 
and the Allegheny County Board of Elections in which the newspaper 
sought court permission to report on the voter sign-in process, 
particularly in light of the implementation of new voter identification 
rules."

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    "Map Mischief: How gerrymandering has undercut Southern Democrats in
    Congress" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46306>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46306> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

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<http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/01/map-mischief-how-gerrymandering-has-undercut-southern-democrats-in-congress.html> 
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    "New Faces in Important Places: Missouri, Washington Get New
    Secretaries of State" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46303>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46303> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/01/new_faces_in_important_places.php>.

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    New Research on Florida Voting by Herron and Smith
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46300>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46300> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important New Research 
<http://electionsmith.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/exclusive-new-research-on-floridas-2012-general-election-by-herron-and-smith/>:

    Michael C. Herron and Daniel A. Smith, "Florida's 2012 General
    Election under HB 1355: Early Voting, Provisional Ballots, and
    Absentee Ballots
    <http://electionsmith.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/lwv-pr-herron-smith.pdf>"

    *Executive Summary*
    The 2012 General Election was the first major election in Florida
    held after the passage of House Bill 1355, a controversial election
    law that among other things reduced the early voting period in
    Florida and altered the requirements for casting provisional ballots.

    By cutting early voting from 14 to eight days and eliminating early
    voting on the Sunday before the 2012 election, HB 1355 likely
    contributed to longer early voting lines at the polls, causing
    in-person early voting turnout to drop by more than 225,000 voters
    compared to 2008.

    The reduction in opportunities to vote early under HB 1355
    disproportionately affected African American voters, insofar as
    nearly half of all blacks who voted in 2012 cast in-person early
    ballots. Although blacks made up less than 14 percent of the Florida
    electorate as of November/December 2012, they cast 22 percent of all
    the early votes in 2012, roughly the same percentage as in 2008.

    African Americans and Hispanic voters were more likely than white
    voters to cast provisional ballots and nearly twice as likely to
    have their provisional ballots rejected.

    Quite possibly due to well-founded fears of long lines at early
    voting and Election Day polling sites resulting from HB 1355,
    absentee ballots---a much less reliable form of voting a valid
    ballot---increased in 2012. Over 28 percent of all ballots cast in
    2012 were absentee ballots, nearly six percentage points higher than
    in 2008. Almost one percent of these ballots were "rejected as
    illegal" in 2012 by county canvassing boards, and the African
    American absentee ballot rejection rate was nearly twice the
    absentee ballot rejection rate of white voters

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    "Reform Groups Urge Senators to Oppose Efforts to Restore Party Soft
    Money or Increase Party Contribution Limits"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46297>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:25 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46297> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this press release 
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    Election Administation Legislation Roundup
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46295>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46295> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

In this week'sElectionline Weekly 
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    "Obama's Inaugural Fundraising Lays Groundwork for Legacy"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46293>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46293> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/obama-s-inaugural-fundraising-lays-groundwork-for-legacy.html?alcmpid=politics>.

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    "Emails document GOP leadership power struggle in Montana"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46291>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46291> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/emails-document-gop-leadership-power-struggle-in-montana/article_83315ec8-4170-51f6-bb8f-47764f00c7bd.html>: 
"A series of emails 
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/interactive/article/20130115/NEWS05/130115010/Montana-Senate-GOP-leadership-emails> 
shows plans by conservative Republicans to take over leadership of the 
state Senate from a more moderate faction. The documents also outline a 
long-term strategy that includes 'changing the face of the Montana 
Supreme Court' and remapping legislative districts to favor Republicans, 
according to an email written by Sen. Jeff Essmann of Billings last 
September."

More here 
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130116/NEWS05/301150030/Emails-uncover-acrimony-GOP> 
andhere. 
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20130116/NEWS01/301160015/Ex-Montana-GOP-leaders-react-emails>

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    "New Report: 'Billion-Dollar Democracy' Shows Unprecedented Impact
    of Big Money in 2012 Elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46288>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46288> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this press release 
<http://uspirg.org/news/usp/%E2%80%9Cbillion-dollar-democracy%E2%80%9D-shows-unprecedented-impact-big-money-2012-elections>.

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    "PFAWF Releases Reports on Outside Election Spending in 21 States,
    Organizes 'Money Out/Voters In' Events Across the U.S."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46285>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46285> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this press release 
<http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2013/01/pfawf-releases-reports-outside-election-spending-21-states-organizes-money-ou>.

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    "Republicans Brag They Won House Majority Because Of Gerrymandering"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46282>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46282> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

ThinkProgress Justice reports 
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    Doonesbury Addresses Voting Rights Act/Voter Suppression Claims
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46280>

Posted on January 17, 2013 1:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46280> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

In today's strip. <http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2013/01/17>

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    "Boehner, Pelosi Reappoint Board of Ethics Watchdog"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46277>

Posted on January 16, 2013 8:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46277> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

National Journal 
<http://news.yahoo.com/boehner-pelosi-reappoint-board-ethics-watchdog-170528707--politics.html>: 
"The independent Office of Congressional Ethics officially received the 
green light Wednesday to continue its watchdog work, with the formal 
reappointments of its board members by House Speaker John Boehner, 
R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif."

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    "Hastert Rule' Takes Body Blows With Sandy, Cliff Votes"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46274>

Posted on January 16, 2013 8:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46274> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/Roll Call/: 
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/hastert_rule_takes_body_blows_with_sandy_cliff_votes-220816-1.html>"Speaker 
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/hastert_rule_takes_body_blows_with_sandy_cliff_votes-220816-1.html>John 
A. Boehner <http://www.rollcall.com/members/379.html>'s decision to 
allow a bill to pass with only 49 Republican votes Tuesday has some in 
his party questioning whether this is the new normal and has at the same 
time delighted Democrats, who believe they might be able to produce 
similar results in the battles ahead. The Ohio Republican has generally 
operated under a policy of bringing bills to the floor only if a 
majority of his conference can support it. But that was not the case on 
Tuesday night's vote on supplemental disaster relief for those stricken 
by Superstorm Sandy, nor the fiscal cliff deal, which passed with only 
85 Republicans on board earlier this month. That has Republicans 
questioning whether the 'Hastert rule' is dead."

Sarah Binder: 
<http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2013/01/16/oh-113th-congress-hastert-rule-we-hardly-knew-ye/>

<http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2013/01/16/oh-113th-congress-hastert-rule-we-hardly-knew-ye/> 


"It's too early to know whether Speaker Boehner will continue to violate 
the Hastert rule.  Instead, I'll offer some brief thoughts on the recent 
past and potential future of the Hastert Rule."

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    "Earmarks: The Reluctant Case for Ending the Ban"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46270>

Posted on January 16, 2013 3:44 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46270> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Businessweek sees earmarks 
<http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-10/earmarks-the-reluctant-case-for-ending-the-ban> 
as the grease to end gridlock.  If so, it is a relatively cheap price to 
pay.

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    "Filibuster Reformers Open To Reid's More Modest Reform Plan"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46268>

Posted on January 16, 2013 11:37 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46268> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM 
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/filibuster-endgame-in-sight.php?ref=fpblg>: 
"Reid's emerging package would require a filibustering minority of 
senators to occupy the floor and speak after the debate has begun. But 
they would retain the ability to force a 60-vote threshold for the first 
motion to begin debate (which reformers would prefer to also get rid 
of). After that, the plan would shift the burden from the majority 
seeking to advance legislation or nominations to the minority seeking to 
block them....His plan 
<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/harry-reid-filibuster-plan.php> 
would also eliminate a rule requiring a 30-hour gap between cloture and 
a final vote on a measure and would make it easier for the Senate to go 
to conference with the House."

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    "Murkowski Defies Leadership on Disclosure and Returns to Republican
    Orthodoxy" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46265>

Posted on January 16, 2013 11:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46265> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Meredith McGehee blogs 
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=502:murkowski-defies-leadership-on-disclosure-and-returns-to-republican-orthodoxy>.

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    "Conservative group sues to block White House gun control
    recommendations" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46262>

Posted on January 16, 2013 10:00 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46262> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/The Hill/ 
<http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/court-battles/277479-conservative-group-sues-to-block-gun-control-recommendations>: 
"Freedom Watch, founded by attorney Larry Klayman, argues that the task 
force held illegal meetings with lobbyists and did not give proper 
public notice. The group filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal court, 
seeking to shut down the task force and block any of its proposals from 
implementation.

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    "Ex-Bachmann aide alleges campaign finance violations"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46259>

Posted on January 16, 2013 9:57 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46259> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

/Star-Tribune/ 
<http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/187048461.html?refer=y>: 
"Waldron, formerly Bachmann's national field coordinator, is accusing 
the campaign of improperly dipping into money from MichelePAC to pay 
longtime fundraising consultant Guy Short for presidential campaign work 
he performed in the critical final weeks ahead of Iowa's caucuses last 
year."

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