[EL] Schmidt and Klein

Thu May 16 12:36:09 PDT 2013

At least it's a fresh rhetorical move. The one about Eugene McCarthy and
Stewart Mott was getting really stale.

Mark Schmitt
Senior Fellow, The Roosevelt Institute <http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/>
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On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:50 AM, David Adamany <adamany at temple.edu> wrote:

> Brad:  I'm not sure Teddy Roosevelt is a good example.   If memory serves,
> he was the first president to advocate public funding of campaigns.
> Perhaps because of his embarrassment about the sources of his campaign
> money.   David
>
> David Adamany
> Laura Carnell Professor of Law
> and Political Science, and
> Chancellor
> 1810 Liacouras Walk, Ste 330
> Temple University
> Philadelphia, PA 19122
> (215) 204-9278
> ________________________________________
> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Smith, Brad [
> BSmith at law.capital.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:42 AM
> To: Rick Hasen; law-election at UCI.edu
> Subject: Re: [EL] Schmidt and Klein
>
> I've always found it ironic that many "reformers" think it inherently good
> if campaigns are funded like that of George Wallace, and inherently bad if
> they are funded like that of Teddy Roosevelt.
>
> Bradley A. Smith
>
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>
>    Professor of Law
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>
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> ________________________________________
> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Rick Hasen [
> rhasen at law.uci.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:14 AM
> To: law-election at UCI.edu
> Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/15/13
>
> “In IRS Scandal, Echoes of Watergate”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50387>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 9:11 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50387> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> George Will column<
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-irs-scandal-carries-echoes-of-watergate/2013/05/13/78f03660-bbf1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html>
> which ends with an endorsement, of sorts, for divided government.
>
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> >
> Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
> and election law<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
> “IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row: Taxes”<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50383>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 9:03 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50383> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Bloomberg reports<
> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-14/irs-sent-same-letter-to-democrats-that-fed-tea-party-row-taxes>
> [corrected link].
>
> [Share]<
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> >
> Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
> and election law<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
> “IRS approved liberal groups while Tea Party in limbo”<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50380>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 8:51 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50380> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> USA Today<http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2158831>:
>
> In February 2010, the Champaign Tea Party in Illinois received approval of
> its tax-exempt status from the IRS in 90 days, no questions asked.
>
> That was the month before the Internal Revenue Service started singling
> out Tea Party groups for special treatment. There wouldn’t be another Tea
> Party application approved for 27 months.
>
> In that time, the IRS approved perhaps dozens of applications from similar
> liberal and progressive groups, a USA TODAY review of IRS data shows.
>
> As applications from conservative groups sat in limbo, groups with
> liberal-sounding names had their applications approved in as little as nine
> months. With names including words like “Progress” or “Progressive,” the
> liberal groups applied for the same tax status and were engaged in the same
> kinds of activities as the conservative groups.
>
> The hits just keep on coming.
>
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> >
> Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
> and election law<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
> “Elections B.C. warns candidates: don’t tweet on election day”<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50377>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 7:45 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50377> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Canadian election law<
> http://www.timescolonist.com/cmlink/gmg/canadian-press/news/bc/elections-b-c-warns-candidates-don-t-tweet-on-election-day-1.178225/>
> more draconian than ours but less than Iran’s<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50223>.
>
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> >
> Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, social
> media and social protests<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=58> | Comments
> Off
> “Md. city lowers voting age for its elections to 16″<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50374>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 7:35 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50374> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> AP reports<
> http://bigstory.ap.org/article/md-city-lowers-voting-age-its-elections-16
> >.
>
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> >
> Posted in voting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31> | Comments Off
> How Not to Concede Graciously<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50371>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 6:55 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50371> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Wow<
> http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2013/05/14/hear-richard-p-sheridans-vile-voicemail-tirade-after-losing-his-dallas-city-council-election-bid/>
> (NOT safe for work AT ALL).
>
> h/t Michael Li<https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/334485506719092737>
>
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> >
> Posted in campaigns<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59> | Comments Off
> “Management Flaws at I.R.S. Cited in Tea Party Scrutiny”<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50368>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 6:47 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50368> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Must-read NYT<
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/us/politics/report-on-irs-audits-cites-ineffective-management.html?pagewanted=1&hp
> >:
>
> An inspector general’s report issued Tuesday blamed ineffective Internal
> Revenue Service management in the failure to stop employees from singling
> out conservative groups for added scrutiny. Congressional aides, meanwhile,
> sought to determine whether the Obama administration’s knowledge of the
> effort extended beyond the I.R.S.
>
> House and Senate aides said they were focusing on an Aug. 4, 2011, meeting
> in which the I.R.S.’s chief counsel appears to have conferred with agency
> officials to discuss the activities of a team in the Cincinnati field
> office that had been subjecting applications for tax-exempt status from Tea
> Party and other conservative groups to a greater degree of review than
> other organizations.
>
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> >
> Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
> and election law<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
> “Lerner’s name on IRS letter to conservative group”<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50365>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 6:34 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50365> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Politico<
> http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/lerners-name-on-irs-letter-to-conservative-group-91373.html>:
> “The director of the Internal Revenue Service division under fire for
> singling out conservative groups sent a 2012 letter under her name<
> http://images.politico.com/global/2013/05/14/irs_march_12.html> to one
> such group, POLITICO has learned.”
>
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> >
> Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law
> and election law<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22> | Comments Off
> Mark Schmitt Responds to Ezra Klein on Small Donors and Campaign Reform<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50363>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 6:33 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50363> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Here<
> http://www.nextnewdeal.net/now-we-are-way-too-excited-about-campaign-finance-skepticism
> >.
>
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> Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
> Off
> Goldfeder and Perez on Two Pending SCOTUS Voting Cases<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50361>
> Posted on May 14, 2013 4:16 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50361> by
> Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Here<
> http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202600037421&US_Supreme_Court_Examines_Voting_Rights_in_Two_Cases&slreturn=20130414191521
> >.
>
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> >
> Posted in Elections Clause<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, Supreme
> Court<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act<
> http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
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