[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/1/13

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Jul 1 09:13:52 PDT 2013


    Are You an Election Law Professor Revamping Your Syllabus to Deal
    with Shelby County? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52498>

Posted on July 1, 2013 9:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52498> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Then you are in luck. Late this month, the 2013 supplement to 
Lowenstein, Hasen, and Tokaji, Election Law--Cases and Materials 
<http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611631784/Election-Law-Fifth-Edition> 
(5th edition 2012) will be posted and made available free of charge to 
all instructors assigning LHT to their students. The 2013 Supplement 
will include all developments over the last year, including an edited 
version of the /Shelby County/ case and a revamping of relevant 
materials on the Voting Rights Act following the Supreme Court's 
decision to hold part of the Act unconstitutional.

The Supplement also will include an edited version and notes following 
the opinion of the lower court in /McCutcheon v. FEC/, a campaign 
finance case the Supreme Court will consider in October.  (The Supreme 
Court's per curiam decision out of Montana affirming /Citizens United/ 
appears as well.)

The new supplement also includes other developments in election law 
through July 1, 2013.

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    "The Color of Law: Voting rights and the Southern way of life."
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52495>

Posted on July 1, 2013 9:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52495> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Louis Menand 
<http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2013/07/08/130708crat_atlarge_menand?currentPage=all>has 
this extensive piece in /The New Yorker./

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    "Secretary of State Beth Chapman resigning"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52492>

Posted on July 1, 2013 8:47 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52492> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News 
<http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/viewart/20130701/NEWS/130701013/Secretary-State-Beth-Chapman-resigning-> 
from Alabama.

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    "DOJ Denounces Voting Rights Act Decision"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52489>

Posted on July 1, 2013 8:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52489> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /National Law Journal /reports. 
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202608968847&kw=DOJ%20Denounces%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20Decision&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20130701&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines&slreturn=20130601114327>

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    "How 31,385 people fund national elections"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52486>

Posted on July 1, 2013 8:40 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52486> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix: 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/06/28/how-31385-people-fund-national-elections/>

    Everyone knows that a relatively small number of wealthy people
    donate the lion's share of money to political campaigns.  But, you
    probably never suspected just how small that group actually is.

    Thanks to the amazing Sunlight Foundation
    <http://sunlightfoundation.com/>, we now know that just 31,385
    people --- one tenth of one percent of the overall U.S. population
    --- are responsible for nearly 30 percent of the $6 billion (yes,
    billion with a "b") contributed to federal campaigns and committees
    in the 2012 election.

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    Bauer Wades into Sen. McConnell-Norm Ornstein Dispute
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52483>

Posted on July 1, 2013 8:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52483> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2013/07/speech-policy-preference/>.

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    "Worries Swirl Over California's Initiatives; Supreme Court's
    Dismissal of State's Gay-Marriage Ban Raises Concerns that the Move
    Sets Precedent Limiting Voter Power"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52480>

Posted on July 1, 2013 8:33 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52480> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Wall Street Journal /reports, 
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689204578575992886711294.html> 
quoting me, among others, on serious problems for California's 
initiative process with the Proposition 8 decision of the Supreme Court 
last week.

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    Three Cheers for Justin Levitt! <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52478>

Posted on July 1, 2013 8:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52478> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

When Justin agreed to guest blog for me, we both knew it would likely 
include the week of the /Shelby County/ decision.  But the sheer amount 
of writing on that case and other Supreme Court and election law 
developments last week was extraordinary.

Thanks to Justin for being comprehensive, entertaining, enlightening, 
and indefatigable.

And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

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