[EL] more news 5/17/13

Fri May 17 12:12:25 PDT 2013

    "Official Says Treasury Dept. Knew of I.R.S. Inquiry in 2012?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50609>

Posted on May 17, 2013 12:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50609> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/us/politics/irs-scandal-congressional-hearings.html?hp&_r=0>on 
today's hearing.

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    "House panel opens hearing on IRS targeting of conservative groups"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50605>

Posted on May 17, 2013 12:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50605> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-panel-opens-hearing-on-irs-targeting-of-conservative-groups/2013/05/17/f1d7d352-beea-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?hpid=z2>.

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    "IRS Speaks Out: We Messed Up, But We Would've Scrutinized Tea
    Partiers Anyway" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50602>

Posted on May 17, 2013 11:41 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50602> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Andy Kroll reports 
<http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/05/irs-response-tea-party-debacle-congress> 
for Mother Jones.

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    Two from Bloomberg on IRS <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50599>

Posted on May 17, 2013 11:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50599> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

IRS Probe Sheds Light on Nonprofit Election-Year Surge 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-17/irs-probe-sheds-light-on-nonprofit-election-year-surge.html?alcmpid=Politics>

Exiting IRS Chief Denies Targeting as Republicans Pounce 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-17/camp-says-irs-shows-administration-s-culture-of-cover-ups.html?alcmpid=Politics>

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    "New IRS List Harms Tax-Exempt Groups"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50596>

Posted on May 17, 2013 11:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50596> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CCP release. 
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2013/05/17/ccp-urges-irs-to-act-more-carefully/>

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    "Election Finance Reform: Viable Proposals vs. Long-Term Goals"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50593>

Posted on May 17, 2013 11:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50593> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Raph Graybill blogs 
<http://isps.yale.edu/news/blog/2013/05/election-finance-reform-viable-proposals-vs-long-term-goals#.UZZ09IL3hBF>.

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    "IRS Rationale for Tea Party Scandal Is Debunked by Data"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50590>

Posted on May 17, 2013 11:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50590> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important item 
<http://philanthropy.com/article/IRS-Rationale-for-Tea-Party/139277/> in 
the Chronicle of Philanthropy (via Jonathan Adler) 
<http://www.volokh.com/2013/05/17/irs-disclosure-was-planted/>.

Whether or not the total number of c4 applications were going up, c4 
political spending was exploding, beginning with WRTL and continuing 
into Citizens United.  See my charts here <http://t.co/rUnyRpng6a>from 
last year's presentation at Stanford PACs, based upon data from the 
Center for Responsive Politics.

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    "At Cincinnati IRS office, surprise over claims of partisan
    villainy" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50588>

Posted on May 17, 2013 11:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50588> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo went to talk 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/at-cincinnati-irs-office-surprise-over-claims-of-partisan-villainy/2013/05/17/f693c60e-bd81-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?hpid=z1> 
to the Cincinnati office workers.

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    The Rube Goldberg Campaign Finance Machine
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50586>

Posted on May 17, 2013 11:14 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50586> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A picture's worth a 1000 words 
<http://sunlightfoundation.com/feature/why-does-the-irs-regulate-political-groups-a-look-at-the-complex-world-of-campaign-finance/>.

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