[EL] Schmidt and Klein
Smith, Brad
BSmith at law.capital.edu
Thu May 16 12:53:40 PDT 2013
The point was how he funded his campaigns. That he was a great hero of the modern reform movement only adds to, rather than subtracts from, the irony.
Bradley A. Smith
Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault
Professor of Law
Capital University Law School
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From: David Adamany [adamany at temple.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:50 AM
To: Smith, Brad
Cc: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: RE: [EL] Schmidt and Klein
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
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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
Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault
Professor of Law
Capital University Law School
303 E. Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215
614.236.6317
http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx
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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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“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].
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“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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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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“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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“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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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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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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