[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/19/13

Fri Jan 18 17:22:00 PST 2013

    "Full hearing on Texas redistricting appeal now not likely this
    term" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46376>

Posted on January 18, 2013 5:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46376> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Texas Redistricting 
<http://txredistricting.org/post/40866010029/full-hearing-on-texas-redistricting-appeal-now-not>: 
"...many observers have speculated that the high court has deferred 
deciding what to do with the Texas case until it decides in /Shelby Co. 
v. Holder/ whether section 5 of the Voting Rights Act remains 
constitutional....While waiting arguably makes sense, the challenge 
could become having to quickly draw remedial maps if section 5 is upheld 
-- since a decision in the/Shelby Co./ case very likely might not come 
until late June.  Any changes to the maps would require redrawing 
precinct lines and a number of other technical steps, and the countdown 
to the filing date for the Texas primary starts in September."

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    Crossroads GPS WAS 4th Largest Campaign TV Advertiser in 2012
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46373>

Posted on January 18, 2013 4:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46373> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Peter Overby 
<http://www.npr.org/2013/01/18/169739322/obamas-campaign-turned-advocacy-group-raises-questions-about-money> 
offers this nugget in his  NPR report on OFA's new 501c4.

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    OFA 501c4 to Accept Corporate, But Not PAC, Donations; Extent of
    Donation Disclosure Unclear <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46370>

Posted on January 18, 2013 4:03 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46370> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico reports 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/obama-embraces-secret-money-playbook-86410_Page2.html>.

Still unresolved is whether the new 501c4 will disclose the amount of 
donations and how often it will disclose.

President Obama needs to get out in front of this now and announce full 
and frequent voluntary disclosure.

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    "NRCC Targets Foreshadow Power of Partisanship in 2014 Elections"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46367>

Posted on January 18, 2013 3:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46367> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

FairVote 
<http://www.fairvote.org/nrcc-targets-foreshadow-power-of-partisanship-in-2014-elections#.UPnVRejOalg>: 
"A memo from the National Republican Congressional Committee obtained by 
the /National Journal/ 
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/exclusive-gop-targets-seven-house-democrats-it-calls-vulnerable-20130116> Wednesday 
identifies seven Democratic Members of Congress as the primary targets 
for an expanded Republican majority in 2014: Mike McIntyre, Jim 
Matheson, Nick Rahall, John Barrow, Collin Peterson, Ann Kirkpatrick, 
and Ron Barber. It is no coincidence that those seven representatives 
also happen to be representing the seven most Republican districts 
currently controlled by Democrats, according to FairVote's partisanship 
index."

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    Linda Greenhouse Talks About the Shelby County Voting Rights Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46363>

Posted on January 18, 2013 2:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46363> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

At this Zocalo event yesterday 
<http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/category/events/video-archive/?postId=44086>, 
moderated by my colleague Henry Weinstein, around the 14:30 minute mark. 
She predicts that the Court will say the coverage formula is outdated 
and unconstitutional.  Striking down the coverage formula would let the 
Court strike down the Act "without its fingerprints on it."

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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, The Voting 
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    "Inaugural Funds Faise Questions" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46360>

Posted on January 18, 2013 11:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46360> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Roll Call 
<http://www.rollcall.com/news/inaugural_funds_raise_questions-220867-1.html?pos=htmbtxt>: 
"President Barack Obama's decision to collect unlimited corporate cash 
for his inauguration, and to disclose less about donors than he did four 
years ago, has triggered broad speculation about what he really plans to 
do with the money. Theories range from the claim that Obama is getting a 
jump-start on funding his presidential library to conjecture that 
leftover campaign cash will prop up his grass-roots organizing 
operation, reportedly to be renamed Organizing for Action. Some say that 
it may even line the pockets of loyal campaign consultants."

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
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    "The Supreme Court and Racial Equality: Guest Post by Eric Segall"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46357>

Posted on January 18, 2013 11:32 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46357> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.dorfonlaw.org/2013/01/the-supreme-court-and-racial-equality.html>, 
at Dorf on Law.

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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting 
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    7th Circuit Divides 2-1 Over Constitutionality of Wisconsin Law
    Limiting Some Public Union Payroll Deductions for Political Purposes
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46354>

Posted on January 18, 2013 11:09 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46354> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Via How Appealing <http://howappealing.law.com/011813.html#048766> come 
a link tothis decision 
<http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=showbr&shofile=12-1854_002.pdf>. 
Judge Hamilton's lengthy partial dissent argues that the selective 
payroll deduction ban which was part of Wisconsin's law against public 
unions violates the First Amendment prohibition on viewpoint 
discrimination in nonpublic forums.

I expect the unions to try to take this case en banc or to the Supreme 
Court.  Judge Hamilton's opinion ends:

"As I said at the outset, elections have consequences.The United States 
Constitution does not forbid all legislationthat rewards friends and 
punishes opponents. The principal provisions of Wisconsin's Act 10 may 
fit that description, but they are still constitutional under the 
generous standard of rational-basis review. The new, selective limits on 
payroll deductions for union dues, however, are subject to the more 
demanding First Amendment standards for a nonpublic forum and flunk that 
test. I would affirm that portion of the district court's judgment."

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    "Why Standing Up to the War Lobby is an Ethics Issue"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46351>

Posted on January 18, 2013 10:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46351> by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Controversial post 
<http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/2013/01/why-standing-up-to-the-war-lobby-is-an-ethics-issue.html> 
by Richard Painter.

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Posted in legislation and legislatures 
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    Charles Fried and Fred Schwartz on Filibuster Reform
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46348>

Posted on January 18, 2013 7:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=46348> 
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.bostonreview.net/BR38.1/charles_fried_frederick_schwarz_filibuster_constitution.php>, 
in /Boston Review./

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