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Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed May 15 12:38:08 PDT 2013
<http://electionlawblog.org/>
"I.R.S. Says Counsel Didn't Tell Treasury of Tea Party Reviews"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50441>
Posted on May 15, 2013 12:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50441> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/us/irs-says-counsel-didnt-tell-treasury-of-tea-party-scrutiny.html?hp&_r=0>:
"he Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that its chief counsel did
not tell Treasury superiors of I.R.S. efforts to target conservative
groups for special scrutiny, nor did he participate in a 2011 meeting
when the issue was discussed with the I.R.S. chief counsel's office."
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"Husted to decide on double voters"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50438>
Posted on May 15, 2013 12:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50438> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
2-2 tie
<http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130515/NEWS010801/305150167/Husted-decided-double-voters>
on whether to refer to prosecutors.
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"Cap on political party contributions moves forward"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50435>
Posted on May 15, 2013 12:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50435> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/May/15/limits-political-party-contributions-advances/?#article-copy>
from San Diego, where I just finished testifying.
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"Bailey v. Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics: Another Step
Toward the End of Political Privacy"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50433>
Posted on May 15, 2013 12:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50433> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Steve Klein has postedthis draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2265034> on SSRN.
Here is the abstract:
This article discusses the campaign finance disclosure regime upheld
in Citizens United and gives a brief overview of how lower courts
have recently expanded the Supreme Court's reasoning, applying
blanket approval to any "disclosure" regime. It then analyzes the
ruling in Bailey v. Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics, and
shows that it may go to such lengths as to impose campaign finance
disclosure upon any political speech. Finally, this article offers a
way back, with a call to restore the exacting scrutiny standard,
limit the government's "informational interest" and, at the very
least, raise the financial thresholds for campaign finance law.
Ultimately, any efforts at protecting political speech must begin
with understanding that despite the weight of Citizens United, there
are still myriad problems with federal and state campaign finance
regimes.
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"Campaign Finance Watchdogs Dismayed By IRS Scandal"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50430>
Posted on May 15, 2013 12:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50430> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
BuzzFeed reports
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/campaign-finance-watchdogs-dismayed-by-irs-scandal>,
with a subhead using the word "ennui."
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"IRS Fallout: The Real Scandal is Secret Money Influencing
Elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50427>
Posted on May 15, 2013 8:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50427> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ari Berman writes
<http://electionlawblog.org/Ari%20Berman%20Ari%20Berman%20%20%20%20%20%20Syndicate%20content%20RSS%20Feed%20%20%20On%20American%20politics%20and%20policy.%20IRS%20Fallout:%20The%20Real%20Scandal%20Is%20Secret%20Money%20Influencing%20US%20Elections%20%20Read%20more:%20http://www.thenation.com/blog/174320/irs-fallout-real-scandal-secret-money-influencing-us-elections#ixzz2TNIAauQ2>.
I respectfully disagree with Ari, and with Jeff Toobin's column
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/05/irs-scandal-tea-party-oversight.html>
from yesterday. I strongly agree (and have been saying for years that we
need to fix the campaign finance disclosure system. But let's not
minimize the great harm done by the IRS here. As I began my recent
Slate column <http://t.co/Y6DAQQ6i2f>:
Let's not make excuses
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/05/irs-scandal-tea-party-oversight.html>
for the IRS. The agency shouldn't have subjected conservative groups
to special scrutiny. Campaign <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50226>
finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50157> reform groups should
have immediately called for hearings when this scandal broke:
Imagine the hue and cry if the IRS during the Bush administration
had singled out "progressive" groups for special tax scrutiny and
sent them unprecedented questions
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50173> about their contributors and
activities. Given the danger going back to President Richard Nixon
of using the IRS against political enemies, the agency has to be
scrupulously nonpartisan and fair. Congressional investigations and
the Department of Justice criminal investigation announced Tuesday
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/us/politics/facing-trio-of-crises-white-house-dodges-questions.html?hp>
are inevitable and warranted.
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"Boehner: Who's Going To Jail For What IRS Did?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50425>
Posted on May 15, 2013 8:14 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50425> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR.
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/15/184188656/boehner-whos-going-to-jail-for-what-irs-did?ft=1&f=1014>
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It's Time to Take the IRS Out of the Political Regulation Business
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50422>
Posted on May 15, 2013 8:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50422> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
My new Slate piece <http://t.co/UNFLVKccdP> on why Congress needs to
enact clear disclosure rules, making all entities, regardless of tax
status, disclose funds of big donors used to fund election ads (unless
the group can show a realistic threat of unconstitutional harassment).
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"Ambiguity in Tax Rules and Disintegration of Election Law May Have
Led to IRS Tea Party Mess" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50420>
Posted on May 15, 2013 8:08 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50420> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
PR Watch reports
<http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12109/ambiguity-tax-rules-and-disintegration-election-law-may-have-led-irs-tea-party-me>.
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Diane Rehm Show on IRS Controversy
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50417>
Posted on May 15, 2013 7:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50417> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-15/tax-exempt-status-which-organizations-qualify-and-why>.
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"Hackney: The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Be on the Lookout for
False Partisan Witchunts" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50414>
Posted on May 15, 2013 7:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50414> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Phillip Hackney
<http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/05/hackney-.html> at TaxProf.
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'The IRS and the IG Report: The Limits of Improved Performance"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50411>
Posted on May 15, 2013 7:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50411> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Interesting perspective from Bob Bauer.
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2013/05/irs-ig-report/>
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"Aprill: The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Questions About the
IRS and About the Report" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50408>
Posted on May 15, 2013 6:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50408> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ellen Aprill
<http://www.lls.edu/aboutus/facultyadministration/faculty/facultylista-b/aprillellen/>
(Loyola-L.A.), one of the most important voices on the IRS scandal
because of her extensive work at the intersection of nonprofits and
election law, and her careful and measured judgment, weighs in at
TaxProf. <http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/05/aprill.html>
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Wonkblog Talks with Wertheimer Re IRS
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50405>
Posted on May 15, 2013 6:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50405> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/15/crossroads-gps-and-priorities-usa-were-created-for-the-purpose-of-hiding-donors/>.
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Rep. Levin (D-MI) Calls for Miller and Lerner to Go
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50403>
Posted on May 15, 2013 6:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50403> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports.
<http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rep-levin-calls-for-dismissal-of-senior-irs>
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"ENQUIRER EXCLUSIVE: Voter fraud, or just errors? Many 'second'
votes were by people unsure that first one would count"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50399>
Posted on May 15, 2013 6:42 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50399> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important report
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201305150522/NEWS/305150059>from
Hamilton County, Ohio.
See also Second Person Pleads Guilty to Illegal Voting
<http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201305141701/NEWS0107/305140040>.
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'Ex-IRS Director: Tea Party Groups Deserved Scrutiny, But IRS
Bungled the Job" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50396>
Posted on May 15, 2013 6:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50396> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Marcus Owens
<http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/05/irs-director-marcus-owens-tea-party-scandal>
talks to Mother Jones.
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"IRS Delay in Disclosing Groups' Scrutiny Focus of Probes"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50393>
Posted on May 15, 2013 6:33 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50393> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Key point from Bloomberg:
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-15/irs-delay-in-disclosing-groups-scrutiny-focus-of-probes.html?alcmpid=politics>
"The widening inquiries into the Internal Revenue Service are focusing
less on why employees singled out small-government groups for scrutiny
and more on agency executives who didn't inform Congress earlier."
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"IRS Scandal's Central Figure, Lois Lerner, Described as
'Apolitical'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50390>
Posted on May 15, 2013 6:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50390> by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Daily Beast /reports.
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/14/irs-scandal-s-central-figure-lois-lerner-described-as-apolitical.html>
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