[EL] Don McGahn Out at FEC/more news

Tue Sep 17 15:45:14 PDT 2013

    "Former FEC chairman Donald McGahn resigns from panel"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55341>

Posted on September 17, 2013 3:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55341>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-fec-chairman-donald-mcgahn-resigns-from-panel/2013/09/17/84ff1a88-1fca-11e3-94a2-6c66b668ea55_story.html>: 
"Donald F. McGahn, the controversial former chairman of the Federal 
Election Commission, resigned from the panel on Tuesday to return to 
private practice, ending what campaign-finance reform advocates and 
political practitioners called one of the most consequential tenures in 
the commission's 38-year history."

It is fair to say he has done more in the cause of campaign finance 
deregulation than anyone else on the Commission. To some that is 
something to cheer; my review of McGahn's tenure was not favorable 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/01/the_fec_is_as_good_as_dead.html>.

He resigns as it looks like his replacement (and filling of a Democratic 
FEC seat) will soon happen in the Senate.

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    "A call for a right-to-vote amendment on Constitution Day"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55339>

Posted on September 17, 2013 3:25 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55339>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Janai Nelson 
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/09/17/a-call-for-a-right-to-vote-amendment-on-constitution-day/> 
Reuters oped.

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Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    "Fourth DCA Reverses Earlier Opinion, Holds Pre-Election Challenges
    Are Subject to Anti-SLAPP Statute"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55337>

Posted on September 17, 2013 3:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55337>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nielsen Merksamer 
<http://web.nmgovlaw.com/news/2/78/Fourth-DCA-Reverses-Earlier-Opinion-Holds-Pre-Election-Challenges-Are-Subject-to-Anti-SLAPP-Statute/>: 
"Ballot measure opponents have new reason to be cautious about filing 
pre-election litigation challenging a proposed measure, because the 
Court of Appeal for the Fourth District recently reversed its own 2007 
decision in /City of Riverside v. Stansbury/, which had held that where 
a pre-election lawsuit does not limit an initiative proponent's actions 
to /qualify/ a measure for the ballot, California's anti-SLAPP statute 
(Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16) does not apply.  The new case is 
*/Mission Springs Water Dist. v. Verjil/, 218 Cal. App. 4th 892 (2013) 
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001wZXDMCELQC7F_MWGTKoAi-GrpIU71cnRuL6tMUYBZW7Y7ZFRCGo0-6Rb6uBBOxcsjMufugR9joyFh4c1pYdi3CfbQhGsyONmtpbTER0_M371OuWqMzIYjWb5yCpMSXQpzfu0Bf8JzSPr7HE6Wg0ElP-HRIaIrltuGFu8ci7FZowU90lFY0SB9ZrccyyM5w4fmHm8R0TwBBqgDI-4uCpfH9Dq7V89vqyiHbSsDxAl1rZybXUxYFrnM71MnaFt--T935_SuKvUQkPfu1X1R3kNGltIedWoa2oqnj98ZwYiWn3J_-ihRwkUFiozGXyrIjG4>*.  
It holds that pre-election challenges, regardless of timing or the 
remedy sought, are subject to an anti-SLAPP motion."

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    "Texas Voter ID Violates Voting Rights Act and the Constitution,
    Groups Challenge Law in Federal Court"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55330>

Posted on September 17, 2013 2:04 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55330>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brennan Center 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/press-release/texas-voter-id-law-violates-voting-rights-act-and-constitution-groups-challenge>: 
"Today, the Texas State Conference of the NAACP and the Mexican American 
Legislative Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives (MALC) filed 
suit 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/Texas_voterID_091713.pdf> 
in federal court to block the state's new voter ID law because it erects 
discriminatory barriers to voting in violation of the Voting Rights Act 
and the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution."

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    "Plaintiffs propose trial schedule in Texas redistricting case"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55325>

Posted on September 17, 2013 10:58 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55325>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The latest. 
<http://txredistricting.org/post/61511389675/plaintiffs-propose-trial-schedule-in-texas>

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    "CCP's Response to Sen. Durbin's Request for Information"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55323>

Posted on September 17, 2013 10:56 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55323>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Keating: 
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2013/09/16/ccps-response-to-sen-durbins-request-for-information/>

    On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) , I am
    writing in response to your August 6 letter inquiring as to the
    Center's involvement with the American Legislative Exchange Council
    (ALEC) and our position on "stand your ground" laws.

    According to news accounts, you have sent similar or identical
    letters to more than 300 groups and you are quoted in an article as
    saying, "My concern is with the lack of transparency. As a public
    official, when I take a position, I stand up to explain and defend
    it. I file annual financial disclosures, campaign finance reports
    and have to face the scrutiny of public opinion."

MORE 
<http://washingtonexaminer.com/sen.-dick-durbins-senate-hearing-aims-to-suppress-alec-donors/article/2535843> 
from Keating.

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    "New Timeline Outlines History of the IRS Scandal"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55321>

Posted on September 17, 2013 10:54 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55321>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CCP 
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2013/09/17/new-timeline-outlines-history-of-the-irs-scandal/>: 
"The Center for Competitive Politics released a timeline today 
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/external-relations/irs-and-the-tea-party/irs-scandal-timeline/> 
about the events leading up to and surrounding the IRS targeting 
scandal, in which the Agency targeted conservative groups for special 
scrutiny in its review of tax exemption applications. The timeline 
examines a wide variety of actions by elected officials, IRS executives, 
and outside organizations."

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    Ravel and Goodman Get Unanimous Rules Committee Approval for FEC
    Spots <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55319>

Posted on September 17, 2013 10:50 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55319>by Rick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Does this mean 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/fec-nominees-win-rules-co_b_3942343.html> 
it will be smooth sailing on the Senate floor?

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