[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/8/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed May 8 07:30:27 PDT 2013
"RNC urges Supreme Court to strike campaign-finance limits"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50020>
Posted on May 8, 2013 7:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50020> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Hill on McCutcheon:
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/298307-rnc-urges-supreme-court-to-strike-campaign-finance-limits>
The Republican National Committee urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday
to strike down certain limits on campaign contributions, saying
they're a violation of the First Amendment.
The RNC filed its opening brief
<http://www.jamesmadisoncenter.org/cases/files/2013/mccutcheon/opening-merits.pdf>in
a case challenging limits on the total amount one person can donate
in a single election cycle. The RNC says the limits are
unconstitutional.
Interestingly at pages 10-11 the brief quotes Bob Bauer's post
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2013/04/contributions-and-expenditures-in-campaign-finance-jurisprudence/>
on McCutcheon from his resurrected blog.
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"No, Democrats Did Not Just Want to 'Count All the Votes' in the
2000 Election" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50016>
Posted on May 8, 2013 7:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50016> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Megan McArdle blogs.
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/06/no-democrats-did-not-just-want-to-count-all-the-votes-in-the-2000-election.html>
She's right. I cover this issue in Chapter 1 of /The Voting Wars
<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>./
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Posted in Bush v. Gore reflections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=5>,
election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, Supreme
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"South Carolina: Democrats learn money isn't everything"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50013>
Posted on May 8, 2013 7:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50013> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico reports
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/south-carolina-election-democrats-money-91051.html>
on the Sanford-Colbert Busch race.
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"Super PACs Fuel GOP Civil War" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50009>
Posted on May 8, 2013 7:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50009> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Roll Call <http://atr.rollcall.com/super-pacs-fuel-gop-civil-war/>links
to Eliza's latest
<http://www.cq.com/login?jumpto=%2Fdoc%2Fweeklyreport-4269121> behind
the CQ Weekly paywall.
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"Congress Members Sprint for Money to Lobby After Election"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50005>
Posted on May 8, 2013 7:05 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50005> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-08/congress-members-sprint-for-money-to-lobby-after-election.html?alcmpid=politics>:
"Looking to expand its lobbying and government affairs practice,
Covington & Burling LLP turned to those who know Congress best: elected
officials just finishing their terms on Capitol Hill."
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Voter ID Concerns Voiced in an Unexpected Place: Plan B
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50003>
Posted on May 8, 2013 7:03 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50003> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Salon
<http://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/judge_blasts_obama_administration_over_bush_like_plan_b_decision/>,
"Judge Rips Obama's Plan B Stance:"
This morning, [Judge] Korman repeatedly slammed his hand down on the
table for emphasis, interrupting the government counsel's every
other sentence with assertions like, "You're just playing games
here," "You're making an intellectually dishonest argument," "You're
basically lying," "This whole thing is a charade," "I'm entitled to
say this is a lot of nonsense, am I not?" and "Contrary to the
baloney you were giving me ..." He also accused the administration
of hypocrisy for opposing voter ID laws but being engaged in the
"suppression of the rights of women" with the ID requirement for the
drug...
The government didn't argue the merits of requiring a photo ID or
that the drug only be sold in locations with an on-site pharmacy,
but Korman made clear why he found that to be an inadequate
compromise: "You're using these 11- and 12-year-olds to place an
undue burden on women's ability to access emergency contraception.
If it's an impediment to voting, it's an impediment to get the drug."
He cited Brennan Center statistics --- which he said Eric Holder had
also cited in a speech before the NAACP --- showing that 25 percent
of African-Americans of voting age don't have a photo ID, and also
dismissed the government's suggestion that 15-year-olds, who usually
aren't eligible for a driver's license, could use a birth
certificate, since that's not a photo ID. "You're disadvantaging
young people, African-Americans, the poor --- that's the policy of
the Obama administration?" (He didn't mention it, but immigrants
would also face additional barriers.)
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"'Issue Ad' Charade by American Federation for Children Uncovered in
Wisconsin" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50001>
Posted on May 8, 2013 7:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50001> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12101/issue-ad-charade-american-federation-children-uncovered-wisconsin>
appears at PR Watch.
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and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
"Public Hearing in Albany Is Held Without the Public"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49999>
Posted on May 8, 2013 6:59 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49999> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/nyregion/public-hearing-on-elections-is-held-without-the-public.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0>:
"Something was missing at a public hearing held by the State Senate on
Tuesday to examine New York City's campaign finance system: the public."
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"Meet the Most Important Ted Cruz Birther: Ted Cruz; Ted Cruz is
eligible to be president under almost any reading of the
Constitution---except his own" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49996>
Posted on May 7, 2013 9:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49996> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TNR
<http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113135/ted-cruz-2016-hes-his-own-worst-birther#>.
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LA Mayoral Candidate Will Have to Rely on Super PACs for TV Ads in
Final Weeks of Race <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49993>
Posted on May 7, 2013 8:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49993> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The LA Times reports.
<http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-greuel-tv-ads-20130507,0,5493551.story>
Will this ingratiate the local union funding the super-PAC with the
candidate or get the union special access to the candidate? Even if it
would, don't worry: Justice Kennedy assured us in /Citizens United/ that
ingratiation and access are not corruption.
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"Tom Perez hearing casts members in awkward roles"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49990>
Posted on May 7, 2013 8:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49990> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Interesting Politico report.
<http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/tom-perez-hearing-91034.html>
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"SEC Considering New Rule for Political Contributions by Public
Companies" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49987>
Posted on May 7, 2013 8:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49987> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
PBS Newshour reports
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june13/sec_05-06.html>.
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"Justice O'Connor Regrets" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49982>
Posted on May 7, 2013 12:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49982> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jeffrey Toobin blogs
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/05/sandra-day-oconnor-shift-on-bush-v-gore.html>.
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"Arizona Secretary Of State On Payroll Of FreedomWorks Bankroller"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49967>
Posted on May 7, 2013 11:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49967> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/arizona_ken_bennett_freedomworks.php?ref=fpblg>:
"Ken Bennett, the Secretary of State of Arizona, receives a $70,000
annual salary. But he also, it turns out, receives $2,000 a month for
his work as a board member of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a
for-profit company founded by a one of the key people behind the tea
party group FreedomWorks."
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"Shadow Lobbyists and the Revolving Door, or what Anthony Weiner and
Newt Gingrich Have in Common" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49964>
Posted on May 7, 2013 11:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49964> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://themonkeycage.org/2013/05/06/shadow-lobbyists-and-the-revolving-door-or-what-anthony-weiner-and-newt-gingrich-have-in-common/>
appears at The Monkey Cage.
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"In D.C. Circuit, Lobbyists Fight Obama Lobbying Ban"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49962>
Posted on May 7, 2013 11:14 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49962> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
BLT reports
<http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/05/at-dc-circuit-lobbyists-fight-obama-lobbying-ban.html>.
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"Justice Department to monitor South Carolina congressional
election" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49959>
Posted on May 7, 2013 10:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49959> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Reuters reports.
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/06/us-usa-politics-southcarolina-monitors-idUSBRE9450RO20130506>
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"The DIG Rule and the Rule of Four Reconsidered'
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49956>
Posted on May 7, 2013 9:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49956> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Mike Dorf blogs
<http://www.dorfonlaw.org/2013/05/the-dig-rule-and-rule-of-four.html>.
I wrote <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49741> about this issue last week.
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Bill Yeomans on DOJ, Voting Rights, and the IG Report
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49953>
Posted on May 7, 2013 9:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=49953> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/05/07/the-continuing-struggle-for-voting-rights/>.
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