[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/3/13
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Oct 3 11:14:09 PDT 2013
"Nationwide Group of Campaign Enforcement Agencies to Launch 'Sun
Center' Disclosure Website" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55678>
Posted on October 3, 2013 11:12 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55678>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
FPPC press release <http://www.fppc.ca.gov/press_release.php?pr_id=780>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Federalist Society "Teleforum" on Tom DeLay Case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55676>
Posted on October 3, 2013 10:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55676>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Federalist Society
Teleforum Calls This Week
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001rjbscvbay-cuzbBrbW2CG2UPsjIke-YrorKkajnb67VaDHZ69TgvZPjF07lBgtaHk2oFtgzF7AWaaVg3WdgZPZcFIuO67rkr5P1XMPpWf_8Ol56RWFSHZ1zPyOdA-ouic0-veBWwOTEABuXnGGxn7zq7cvLsfF12>
All times listed are EDT.
Dial in number is *888-752-3232 <tel:888-752-3232>*
*Please note that this is the only notice for the Teleforum Calls listed
below that will be sent to all our Subscribers. However, If you are a
member of the sponsoring Practice Group, you will receive the reminder
email as the calls begins.*
Friday
October 4
1:00 p.m. EDT
/DeLay v. Texas/: Prosecutorial Overreach?
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001rjbscvbay-fZIPpBTASVoN3sGNv1b0lQVrlRLRrSXrzRVOXcg2AWWk3vqcwQcnTs1rhU0BPyt98Rzc8vgEiyBLuMCDl0_OcMQDqO0O9cQXpjqV5aiGoK4_zdXi8nGxjvrNM_9Yk7as-vixU-XxbvL_rDUNc6FjdulkUv8lEjDH-sloftJTZrFCbWpRg7fe47>
sponsored by the Criminal Law & Procedure Practice Group
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay has been involved in a lengthy
legal battle over campaign finance activities in the 2002 election
cycle. On September 19, 2013, a Texas court overturned Delay's previous
conviction for money laundering, citing the evidence as legally
insufficient to sustain his convictions. Our experts will provide some
summary of previous developments and technical background on the
campaign finance aspects of the case, as well as offer a balanced
discussion of the First Amendment issues at play.
/*F*//*eaturing:*/
/<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001rjbscvbay-fHvlSapS_5r1-Mh21iVtxDbmWGBKotX4bhvKwtvlzvt2Bo0lGc9ppxWH5uBMQBU07G3ch8Q3j_7i5cAxY_BN74tHB_Lftdz_v9G5BRIgleDWyUkRKuy0YRVNyjPF8shq-gW0S_ZXjs6DXHSGONzj16bCW6QPI97eE=>
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*Craig Holman*
Government Affairs Lobbyist
Public Citizen
/
/
*Benjamin Barr*
Of Counsel
Center for Competitive Politics
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Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>, campaign finance
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
"Government Shutdown May Mean No Disclosure Of Campaign Finance
Before Special Elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55674>
Posted on October 3, 2013 10:47 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55674>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This item
<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/10/03/2726101/fec-shutdown-no-disclosure/>
appears at Think Progress.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
"Time for corporations to disclose political donations"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55672>
Posted on October 3, 2013 10:44 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55672>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lisa Gilbert
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/326131-time-for-corporations-to-disclose-political-donations>:
Say you owned a business, and found out one of your employees was
taking money out of the cash register and spending it on
questionable ventures without telling you. You'd fire him, right?
It's a pretty clear-cut case of right and wrong. Now imagine that
you aren't allowed to know whether that employee is taking money out
of your profits, or where the money is going.
Sound unfair -- and like a bad way to run a business? Sadly, that's
the case for shareholders -- owners of the largest corporations in
America -- who'd like to know how their profits are being spent on
political causes. Now Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Elizabeth
Warren (D-Mass.) are holding a briefing to explain why shareholders'
need this information in their hands.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Dems Sue Gov., Cuccinelli; Claim Voter-Roll Purge"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55670>
Posted on October 3, 2013 10:42 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55670>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NBC Washington
<http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Dems-Sue-Gov-Cuccinelli-Claim-Voter-Roll-Purge-226155871.html>:
"In the wake of a lawsuit filed by Democrats over the purging of names
from Virginia voter registries, a Loudoun County registrar has been
ordered to purge names from her county's list by the end of the week.
Virginia Democrats filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Republican
Gov. Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, accusing them of
purging --- possibly in error --- thousands of voters from registration
lists."
More here.
<http://www.leesburgtoday.com/news/virginia-democrats-take-legal-action-to-stop-voter-purge/article_2783d828-2b99-11e3-bdba-0019bb2963f4.html>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"Disclosure and Corruption" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55668>
Posted on October 2, 2013 8:14 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55668>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Michael Gilbert has postedthis draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2334454>on SSRN.
Here is the abstract:
Disclosure laws require individuals and organizations that spend
money on political speech to make public their identities. The
Supreme Court and many others laud disclosure for shining light on
money in politics and combating quid pro quo corruption. But that
support may be misplaced. While disclosure provides information to
law enforcement and the general public, it also provides information
to corrupt actors. Disclosure records can tell politicians which
private actors support compliant candidates, and the records can
help private actors determine which politicians reward their
benefactors. Disclosure can thus bring conspirators together and
reduce the uncertainty that inheres in illegal transactions. That
means disclosure has cross-cutting effects. It can deter corruption
by increasing the likelihood of exposure, but it can also raise the
benefit of corruption by increasing the certainty that parties to
corrupt deals will keep their promises. When the second effect
trumps, disclosure increases corruption. This analysis has
implications for scholarship and law, including the upcoming
McCutcheon case. It suggests that policymakers and judges should be
less optimistic about disclosure and open to alternative
corruption-fighting measures.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Lobbyists Face Uncertainty Amid Shutdown"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55666>
Posted on October 2, 2013 8:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55666>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
BLT reports.
<http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/10/lobbyists-face-uncertainty-amid-shutdown.html?kw=Lobbyists%20Face%20Uncertainty%20Amid%20Shutdown&cn=20131002&pt=Legal%20Times%20Afternoon%20Update&src=EMC-Email&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal>
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Posted in lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
Jim Bopp Again Tries to Get Supreme Court Interested in Overturning
Ban on Direct Corporate Contributions to Candidates
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55664>
Posted on October 2, 2013 8:10 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55664>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
This time
<http://www.iowaappeals.com/iowa-right-to-life-asks-the-supreme-court-to-overturn-iowa%E2%80%99s-ban-on-corporate-contributions/>
in a case out of Iowa.
The Court passed on the issue in /Danielczyk/
<http://electionlawblog.org/?s=danielczyk&x=0&y=0>, though I would not
be surprised for a grant and hold for /McCutcheon/ at this time.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Ballot initiatives bill could spur litigation against backers"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55662>
Posted on October 2, 2013 8:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55662>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Daily Journal
<http://www.law.uci.edu/news/in-the-news/2013/djournal_hasen_092513.pdf>:
A bill before Gov. Jerry Brown requiring ballot measure backers to
use volunteers to gather signatures would also create a right for
anyone to sue by
alleging fraud was used to get the signatures, potentially allowing
opponents to file
cases to eat up time and resources.
However, legal experts said that much of the law would likely be
thrown out as
unconstitutional.
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Posted in direct democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>
GW Event Monday on McCutcheon <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55660>
Posted on October 2, 2013 5:35 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55660>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Via email:
The Political Law Society, the student body arm of the Political Law
Studies Initiative at the George Washington University School of
Law, would like to invite you to attend a panel discussion on the
upcoming Supreme Court case McCutcheon v. FEC. Attorneys from
organizations who filed amucis briefs on both side will be
discussing the legal issues and how the Court might consider the case.
*Monday, October 7, 2013*
*6:00 -- 7:00 pm*
*Tasher Great Room, Jacob Burns Law Library*
*George Washington University School of Law*
*716 20th Street NW, **Washington, DC*
/Reception with refreshments to follow/
The panelists are:
*Jessica Ring Amunson - *Partner, Jenner & Block
*Trevor Burrus - *Research Fellow, Cato Institute
*Allen Dickerson - *Legal Director, Center for Competitive Politics
*Tara Malloy - *Senior Counsel, Campaign Legal Center
RSVPs to gwpoliticallawsociety at law.gwu.edu
<mailto:gwpoliticallawsociety at law.gwu.edu> are requested, but not
required.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
"The Grenade in the McCutcheon Briefs"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55658>
Posted on October 2, 2013 5:28 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55658>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Trevor Potter flags
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=535:the-grenade-in-the-mccutcheon-briefs>
the "strict scrutiny" issue lurking in the McCutcheon case.
As I wrote on this issue in /Slate/,
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/09/campaign_finance_at_the_supreme_court_is_mccutcheon_v_fec_the_next_citizens.html>the
biggest question is what the Chief Justice (and perhaps Justice Alito)
thinks about the standard of review question and the definition of
"corruption."
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Interesting Perspective on Hattiesburg Election Controversy from
Losing Party's Lawyer <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55656>
Posted on October 2, 2013 5:24 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55656>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=3&ArticleID=27363>
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"California considers initiative tweaks that would favor Dems"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55653>
Posted on October 2, 2013 11:18 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55653>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/10/02/california-considers-initiative-tweaks-that-would-favor-dems/>
I told the Los Angeles Daily Journal that I think aspects of this law
are very likely to be struck down as unconstitutional. (No link,)
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Posted in direct democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>
"Eric Holder's Big Voting-Rights Gamble"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55651>
Posted on October 2, 2013 11:13 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55651>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Abby Rapoport
<http://prospect.org/article/eric-holders-big-voting-rights-gamble>
writes for TAP.
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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>,
Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting Rights Act
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
How Much do Safe Seats in Congress Contribute to Polarization and
Gridlock? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55648>
Posted on October 2, 2013 11:02 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55648>by Richard Pildes
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7>
The debate over whether the rise of increasingly safe seats for members
of Congress contributes to political polarization remains ongoing.
Political scientists, through empirical studies, tend to conclude there
is no significant contribution. On the ground political actors often
assert there is (the issue of safe seats is not necessarily the same as
that of gerrymandering --- seats could be increasingly safe because of
greater geographical sorting that correlates with political views, ie,
liberals increasingly concentrate in cities). In that light, Ezra
Klein's interviewtoday
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/01/why-boehner-doesnt-just-ditch-the-right/?hpid=z1>
with Robert Costa, whom Klein calls "one of the best-sourced reporters
among House Republicans" might be of interest. The key excerpt/:/
*EK: Why does that happen, though? It would absolutely be possible
for liberal members to cocoon themselves in a network of liberal Web
sites and liberal cable news shows and liberals activists. But in
the end, liberal members of Congress end up agreeing to broadly
conventional definitions of what is and isn't politically realistic.
So how do House Republicans end up convincing themselves of
unrealistic plans, particularly when they've seen them fail before,
and when respected voices in the Republican and even conservative
establishment are warning against them?*
RC: When you get the members off the talking points you come to a
simple conclusion: They don't face consequences for taking these
hardline positions. When you hear members talk candidly about their
biggest victory, it wasn't winning the House in 2010. It was winning
the state legislatures in 2010 because they were able to redraw
their districts so they had many more conservative voters. The
members get heat from the press but they don't get heat from back home.
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
"Hillary: The Movie" is Getting a Sequel from Citizens United
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55646>
Posted on October 2, 2013 8:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55646>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
And by "sequel"I mean a movie,
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hillary-clinton-movie-conservative-organization-640010>
not a court case (though that could come too!) and I mean Citizens
United, not /Citizens United./
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
"On Argument of McCutcheon v. FEC, Democracy Groups Call for
Constitutional Amendment" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55644>
Posted on October 2, 2013 8:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55644>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See this press release
<http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2013/10/argument-mccutcheon-v-fec-democracy-groups-call-constitutional-amendment>.
I think a constitutional amendment is a bad idea and mostly political
theater <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2293979>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
Zephyr Teachout to Be Blogging on McCutcheon over at Concurring
Opinions <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55642>
Posted on October 2, 2013 8:09 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55642>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Stay tuned
<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2013/10/peter-thiels-government-shutdown-and-mccutcheon-v-fec.html#more-80154>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Curiouser and Curiouser: Detroit Clerk Summoned to Court About
Absentee Ballots" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55640>
Posted on October 2, 2013 7:57 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55640>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A Chapinblog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2013/10/curiouser_and_curiouser_detroi.php>.
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Posted in absentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>,
election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"It's Not Citizens United" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55638>
Posted on October 2, 2013 7:55 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55638>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Charles Fried NYT oped
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/opinion/its-not-citizens-united.html?ref=opinion>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
NYT Editorial on Prison Based Gerrymandering
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55636>
Posted on October 2, 2013 7:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55636>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/opinion/prison-based-gerrymandering.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=1&>.
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Posted in felon voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>
Bauer on Hasen on McCutcheon, Circumvention and Aggregate Limits
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55634>
Posted on October 2, 2013 7:52 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55634>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bob Bauer <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2013/10/circumvention/>:
Rick Hasen has joined others
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/09/campaign_finance_at_the_supreme_court_is_mccutcheon_v_fec_the_next_citizens.html>
in arguing that, if in /McCutcheon/ the Supreme Court were to strike
down the aggregate limit on political contributions, the large
individual donor would be able to amass undesirable influence by
donating to joint fundraising committees organized by candidates and
parties. The money distributed through those committees is governed
by limits---$2600 per participating candidate, etc.---but when first
given to the joint fundraising committee, the total donated might be
massive, in the millions, and the parties and candidates who would
divide it up later could be insidiously grateful to the donor.
If the aggregate limit is a means of enforcing the base limits and
blocking circumvention, it raises the question: how effective does
an anti-circumvention measure have to be to prevail in a test of the
provision's constitutionality? In the case of the aggregate limit,
the inquiry leads quickly to a consideration of a new fact of
campaign finance---the super PACs.
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Voting Rights Act Event at Cal. State Northridge Oct. 15
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Posted on October 1, 2013 8:48 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55631>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I'm looking forward to being on a panel with Kareem Crayton, Jane Junn,
and Derek Muller at CSUN on October 15 at 5 pm.
View the flyer
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/GRILL-Voting-Rights-Act-Event.pdf>.
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NYT Preview of McCutcheon <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55629>
Posted on October 1, 2013 8:15 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55629>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Adam Liptak writes
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/us/politics/justices-to-weigh-key-limit-on-political-donors.html?pagewanted=all>.
His view is similarto mine
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/09/campaign_finance_at_the_supreme_court_is_mccutcheon_v_fec_the_next_citizens.html>on
the importance of the Chief Justice in this case. He writes:
The court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has so far been
consistently hostile to campaign finance limits in its half-dozen
decisions in argued cases on the subject so far. The five more
conservative justices have voted together in all of those cases,
though Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. have
taken a more incremental approach than the bolder one called for by
Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony M. Kennedy.
Justice Kennedy, the swing vote in other areas of the law, has long
been a skeptic of campaign finance restrictions. "Buckley has not
worked," he wrote in 2000
<http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/98-963.ZD.html>. If defenders
of aggregate limits have hope of a victory or a limited loss, it
probably rests with Chief Justice Roberts.
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Trevor Potter Remarks on McCutcheon
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Posted on October 1, 2013 4:03 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55627>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=533:trevor-potters-opening-remarks-on-mccutcheon-v-fec-at-the-national-press-clubs-newsmaker-event-october-1-2013>
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"Blame It on Winner-Take-All: Why Our Outdated Voting Rules Cause
Congressional Crises" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55625>
Posted on October 1, 2013 3:47 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55625>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Rob Richie's take
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-richie/blame-it-on-winner-take-a_b_4025860.html>on
the shutdown.
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Tara Malloy Responds to Brad Smith on McCutcheon
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55622>
Posted on October 1, 2013 3:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55622>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=532:see-no-evil-hear-no-evil->.
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"Government shutdown shrinks FEC to just four employees"
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Posted on October 1, 2013 3:40 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55620>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ellen Weintraub
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/10/01/13492/government-shutdown-shrinks-fec-just-four-employees>turns
the lights off (and on).
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Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55618>
Posted on October 1, 2013 3:31 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55618>by Rick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"I didn't really have a ten-year plan that specific. But what I was
saying was that I thought it was certainly plausible that within ten
years, starting from 2007, we could see the Supreme Court dismantle all
of the justifications for campaign finance reform. And we are on track
to do that."
---Jim Bopp
<http://callawyer.com/clstory.cfm?eid=931324&wteid=931324_Killing_Campaign_Finance_Reform>,
in an interview with California Lawyer magazine (watch the video
<http://www.callawyer.com/CLLegallySpeaking.cfm?participatory=20&attributeid=162346&additem=1>).
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UC Irvine School of Law
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