[EL] more news 5/22/13

Wed May 22 15:47:01 PDT 2013

    "I.R.S. Official Denies Misleading Congress"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50853>

Posted on May 22, 2013 3:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50853> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/us/politics/irs-official-denies-misleading-congress.html?ref=politics&_r=0>.

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    Section 2 Success in Georgia <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50849>

Posted on May 22, 2013 3:43 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50849> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here is an opinion 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Fayette-Co-dec.pdf> in 
favor of the plaintiffs in their challenge to at-large elections in 
Fayette Co., GA.

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    "IRS Enforcement Reform and the Court"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50846>

Posted on May 22, 2013 3:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50846> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bob Bauer blogs 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2013/05/irs-enforcement-reform-and-the-court/>.

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    "Six Facts Lost in the IRS Scandal"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50843>

Posted on May 22, 2013 3:36 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50843> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Pro Publica reports. 
<http://www.propublica.org/article/six-facts-lost-in-irs-scandal>

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    "Ask The Experts: What to Make of the IRS 'Tea Party' Scandal"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50840>

Posted on May 22, 2013 3:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50840> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Interesting 
<http://www.cardhub.com/edu/ask-the-experts-irs-tea-party-scandal/>.

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    "Reform Groups Call on Congress to Deal with Two IRS Scandals:
    Wrongful IRS Targeting of Groups and IRS Failure to Prevent Groups
    from Improperly Claiming 501(c)(4) Status"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50837>

Posted on May 22, 2013 3:31 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50837> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Good to see 
<http://www.democracy21.org/legislative-action/press-releases-legislative-action/reform-groups-call-on-congress-to-deal-with-two-irs-scandals-wrongful-irs-targeting-of-groups-and-irs-failure-to-prevent-groups-from-improperly-claiming-501c4-status/> 
the reform groups now recognizing two scandals.

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    "Can A Congressional Witness Deny Guilt and Then Plead the Fifth?"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50835>

Posted on May 22, 2013 3:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50835> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Orin Kerr 
<http://www.volokh.com/2013/05/22/can-a-congressional-witness-deny-guilt-and-then-plead-the-fifth/> 
on Lerner: "I'm not enough of a Fifth Amendment nerd to have strong 
views on which side is right. So I posed the question earlier today to a 
listserv of criminal procedure professors that includes some serious 
Fifth Amendment experts. Opinions were somewhat mixed, but I think it's 
fair to say that the bulk of responders thought that Lerner had not 
actually testified because she gave no statements about the facts of 
what happened. If that view is right, Lerner successfully invoked her 
Fifth Amendment rights and cannot be called again. But this was not a 
unanimous view, and there are no cases that seem to be directly on 
point. So it's at least a somewhat open question."

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    "High Turnout Rates Are Cause to Celebrate, Not Gut, the Voting
    Rights Act" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50833>

Posted on May 22, 2013 3:28 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=50833> by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Gans 
<http://theusconstitution.org/text-history/2010/high-turnout-rates-are-cause-celebrate-not-gut-voting-rights-act>:

    Sometime before the end of June, the Supreme Court will decide
    /Shelby County v. Holder/, a constitutional challenge to the
    preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act, one of the Act's
    most important guarantees against racial discrimination in voting. 
    Shelby County has argued that the Act is unnecessary and outdated
    and has urged the Supreme Court to hold it unconstitutional on that
    basis. With the Court's decision looming, a number of recent
    commentators have suggested that, in light of recent voter turnout
    data, the Voting Rights Act is no longer needed.  They are wrong.

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