[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/3/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Apr 3 08:12:56 PDT 2014
"Does the Chief Justice not understand politics, or does he
understand it all too well?" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59991>
Posted on April 3, 2014 8:11 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59991>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I have writtenthis analysis
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-does-the-chief-justice-not-understand-politics-or-does-he-understand-it-all-too-well/>
for the SCOTUSBlog /McCutcheon /symposium. It begins:
Chief Justice Roberts has moved the Supreme Court's election law
jurisprudence steadily and stealthily in his preferred direction.
Usually this involves subtle shifts in doctrine, the planting and
later reliance on key dicta, and hints of future lawsuits to come.
This is as true of Roberts's opinions in the voting rights arena as
it is in campaign finance. As I explain at /Slate/
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/04/the_subtle_awfulness_of_the_mccutcheon_v_fec_campaign_finance_decision_the.html>,
yesterday's decision in /McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
<http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mccutcheon-v-federal-election-commission/?wpmp_switcher=desktop>/
uses all of these tools. The Chief's opinion constricts the
definition of corruption, ramps up ever so subtly the scrutiny of
contribution limits, and all but invites a challenge to the
remaining pillar of the McCain-Feingold law: the soft money ban.
It is hard to see what will be left of campaign finance law beyond
disclosure in a few years.
In this post I wanted to focus on a different tool the Chief Justice
uses in these controversial election cases: ostensible reliance on
the political branches to militate the harshness of the Court's
opinions.
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SCOTUSBlog Symposium on McCutcheon
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59989>
Posted on April 3, 2014 8:08 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59989>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ron Collins and David Skover kick it off.
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/foreword-its-all-forward-now/>
Contributors:
Ilya Shapiro
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-the-first-amendments-protection-of-political-speech-extends-to-both-donations-and-spending/>
Rick Hasen
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-does-the-chief-justice-not-understand-politics-or-does-he-understand-it-all-too-well/>
[more to be posted]
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"North Carolina Analysis of Multi-State Voters Likely Sets Up
Familiar Drama" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59987>
Posted on April 3, 2014 8:01 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59987>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Chapin cautions
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/04/north_carolina_analysis_of_mul.php>against
overreacting. Good luck with that!
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Lyle Denniston Fact Checks My Slate Statement About the McCutcheon
Opinion Leading to Even More Deregulation
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59985>
Posted on April 3, 2014 8:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59985>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Constitution Check
<http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2014/04/constitution-check-what-will-the-next-challenges-be-to-limits-on-money-in-politics/>:
Lyle Denniston looks at how the First Amendment remains a high --
and perhaps rising -- barrier to close regulation of campaign dollars. *
*
*THE STATEMENTS AT ISSUE:*
"Chief Justice Roberts has now set the course toward even more
campaign finance challenges under the First Amendment and more
deregulation....This opinion promises more bad things to come for
money in politics, and soon."
/ -- Richard L. Hasen, law professor at the University of
California-Irvine School of Law, in a column Wednesday on the
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/04/the_subtle_awfulness_of_the_mccutcheon_v_fec_campaign_finance_decision_the.html>/Slate/website,
discussing the Supreme Court's new ruling in /McCutcheon v. Federal
Election Commission
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/04/the_subtle_awfulness_of_the_mccutcheon_v_fec_campaign_finance_decision_the.html>.
"The Court substitutes for the current two-year overall contribution
ceiling of $123,000, the number infinity. If the Court in /Citizens
United/ opened a door, today's decision may well open a floodgate."
/ -- Excerpt from an oral statement that Justice Stephen G. Breyer
made from the bench as the /McCutcheon/decision was being announced
Wednesday./
*WE CHECKED THE CONSTITUTION, AND...*
Much has happened on the money side of national politics in the last
four years, but the Supreme Court made it very clear on Wednesday
that the First Amendment remains a high -- and perhaps rising --
barrier to close regulation of campaign dollars. Four years ago,
the Court's decision in /Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission/ created a constitutional opportunity that turned into
almost uncountable millions flowing into races for Congress and the
presidency in the main, but also in local campaigns.
Although Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in the main opinion in
the new ruling in /McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission/, went
to considerable lengths to keep the decision within fairly narrow
bounds, it does have potential implications for future campaign
finance cases. Given that there are platoons of very energetic legal
advocates working to push the First Amendment a good deal further in
this field, those implications are sure to be tested....
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"McCutcheon v. FEC, Part II: The Chief Justice on Earmarking "
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59983>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:57 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59983>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brian Svoboda
<http://www.lawandpoliticsupdate.com/2014/04/mccutcheon-v-fec-part-ii-the-chief-justice-on-earmarking/>:
"Yet even if Justice Breyer was wrong, are the anti-earmarking
provisions as unforgiving as the Chief Justice argued? The FEC's
decisions suggest that they are not."
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"John Roberts's rules of money in politics"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59981>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59981>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Josh Gerstein reports
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/john-roberts-supreme-court-mccutcheon-105331.html>
for /Politico. /Josh quotes me on the Chief Justice's "nothing to see
here, folks" style of writing blockbuster opinions.
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"John Roberts Lays The Groundwork To Wipe Out Campaign Finance
Limits" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59979>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59979>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports.
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/john-roberts-campaign-finance-limits>
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"Divided Court Strikes Total Limits on Campaign Contributions"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59977>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59977>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Marcia Coyle writes
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202649446772?kw=Divided%20Court%20Strikes%20Total%20Limits%20on%20Campaign%20Contributions&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20140403&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines>
for NLJ.
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"Opinion: Political Speech Triumphs in McCutcheon Decision"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59975>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59975>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
James Copland
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202649496347?kw=Political%20Speech%20Triumphs%20in%20McCutcheon%20Decision&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20140403&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines>
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"Opinion: 'McCutcheon' Opens the Floodgate"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59973>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59973>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Erwin Chemerinsky
<http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202649497982?kw=%27McCutcheon%27%20Opens%20the%20Floodgates&et=editorial&bu=National%20Law%20Journal&cn=20140403&src=EMC-Email&pt=Daily%20Headlines&slreturn=20140303104822>
in NLJ.
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More McCutcheon Links from Eric Brown
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59971>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59971>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://politicalactivitylaw.com/2014/04/02/post-mccutcheon-political-law-links/>.
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"NC election officials identify hundreds of cases of potential voter
fraud" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59969>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59969>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Charlotte Observer /reports.
<http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/04/02/4813277/nc-election-officials-identify.html#emlnl=Todays_Headlines>
Justin <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59871> sensibly suggests caution
until the facts are known.
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"Montana justices reject attempt to block initiative that forbids
Medicaid expansion" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59967>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:44 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59967>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Missoulian
<http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/montana-justices-reject-attempt-to-block-initiative-that-forbids-medicaid/article_ff540108-badf-11e3-a7a3-001a4bcf887a.html>:
"The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday denied an attempt to block
officials from approving petitions for an initiative prohibiting the
state from using funds or staff to administer the Affordable Care Act
and forbiding the state from expanding Medicaid."
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"The McCutcheon Decision Could Be Good News After All"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59965>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59965>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ray LaRaja writes
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/03/the-mccutcheon-decision-could-be-good-news-after-all/>
at /The Monkey Cage/.
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McCutcheon Editorial Roundup <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59963>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:39 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59963>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Thanks to a reader for passing this collection along:
*The Washington Post Editorial: *Congress must stem the flow of campaign
cash in wake of 'McCutcheon'
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/congress-must-stem-the-flow-of-campaign-cash-in-wake-of-mccutcheon/2014/04/02/d93c544e-baa7-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html>
*USA TODAY Editorial*: Big political donors score again: Our view
<http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_3_0_t&usg=AFQjCNHTBoBuTQL6tP5oDrfPkDmtcMUvGQ&did=8cdca88f97a76324&cid=43982364909986&ei=2WE9U4CUI8nwggfDmgE&rt=STORY&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fopinion%2F2014%2F04%2F02%2Fcampaign-finance-supreme-court-mccutcheon-v-fec-editorials-debates%2F7231973%2F>
*News & Observer [Raleigh, NC]* Editorial: McCutcheon ruling compounds
damage of Citizens United
<http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/04/02/3753198/mccutcheon-ruling-compounds-damage.html?sp=/99/108/>
St. Louis Post-Dispatch /Editorial/: Yet another body-blow to
democracy from /Supreme Court/
<http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-yet-another-body-blow-to-democracy-from-supreme-court/article_cf0535c6-f1fa-5fb4-bed6-dc4eac631347.html>
*New York Times Editorial*: The Court Follows the Money
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/opinion/the-court-follows-the-money.html?hpw&rref=opinion>
*The Express-Times [PA]-*EDITORIAL: Supreme Court wrong again on
campaign contribution limits
<http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/04/editorial_supreme_court_gets_i.html>
*The Plain Dealer [Cleveland, OH]* High Court's latest ruling wrongly
deepens ability of rich donors to influence political discourse:
editorial
<http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/04/high_courts_latest_ruling_wron.html>
*Philadelphia Daily News [PA]* DN Editorial: Contribu-tories
<http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20140403_DN_Editorial__Contribu-tories.html>
["YESTERDAY was a good day for rich people. And a very bad one for
democracy."]
*Fresno Bee [CA]* EDITORIAL: Supreme Court opens gates for campaign
money flood
<http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/04/03/3856963/editorial-supreme-court-opens.html?sp=/99/274/>
*Daily Record [NJ]* Editorial Buying elections just got even easier
<http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20140403/NJOPINION01/304030013/Buying-elections-just-got-even-easier>
*Asbury Park Press[NJ]*-EDITORIAL: Supreme Court ruling makes it even
easier to buy elections
<http://www.app.com/article/20140402/NJOPINION01/304020078/EDITORIAL-Supreme-Court-ruling-makes-even-easier-buy-elections>
*Appleton Post Crescent [WI] Editorial: Campaign-finance ruling another
win for rich
<http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20140403/APC0602/304030167/Editorial-Campaign-finance-ruling-another-win-rich>*
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"Ohio Silences Political Speech, Gets Hauled Before Supreme Court"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59961>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:33 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59961>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Damon Root
<http://reason.com/archives/2014/04/02/ohio-silences-political-speech-gets-haul>
on the /Susan B. Anthony/ case.
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"Justice Breyer's Dissent in McCutcheon"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59959>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59959>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bauer
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/04/justice-breyers-dissent-mccutcheon/>
read it and is not impressed.
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"D.C.'s long wait for election results is inexcusable"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59957>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59957>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo editorial
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dcs-long-wait-for-election-results-is-inexcusable/2014/04/02/92dd30e8-baa4-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html>.
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"The McCutcheon Decision and Local Government Ethics"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59955>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59955>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Rob Wechsler blogs
<http://www.cityethics.org/content/mccutcheon-decision-and-local-government-ethics>.
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"McCutcheon Ruling Ignores Disclosure Reality"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59953>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59953>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ed Bender writes.
<http://mx8.inboxgateway.com/campaign.php?coid=1091330&cid=7956>
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Brad Smith Joins Steptoe &Johnson Of Counsel
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59951>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59951>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here <http://www.steptoe-johnson.com/content/brad-smith> is the
announcement.
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Brad Smith on WSJ Opinion Journal Video on McCutcheon
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59949>
Posted on April 3, 2014 7:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59949>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch.
<http://live.wsj.com/video/opinion-supreme-court-dont-tread-on-speech/1BFF94F7-FE3F-482A-BB23-3A6BE27F6E97.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_VideoModule_1#%211BFF94F7-FE3F-482A-BB23-3A6BE27F6E97>
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"Originalists Making It Up Again: McCutcheon and 'Corruption'"
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Posted on April 3, 2014 7:16 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59947>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Larry Lessig
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/02/originalists-making-it-up-again-mccutcheon-and-corruption.html>
for The /Daily Beast/:
Because "improper dependence" is precisely the problem that limits
on aggregate contributions are meant to attack. Already we have a
system in which Congress is dependent upon the tiniest fraction of
the 1% to fund its campaigns. I've estimated the number of relevant
funders is no more than 150,000 (about the number of Americans named
"Lester.") If aggregate contribution limits are struck, that number
will fall dramatically. More will be raised from a smaller number of
contributors---maybe as few as 40,000 (about the number of Americans
named "Sheldon"). So abolishing aggregate limits will move us from
Lesterland <http://lesterland.lessig.org> to Sheldon City,
increasing a dependence on the funders, while conflicting with
Madison's promise of a branch of government "dependent on the people
alone."
That argument may or may not have worked with one of the five
conservatives on the Court. There's no such thing as a slam dunk in
law, and this argument depends upon originalism applied not to the
Constitution's text, but to the standard the Court uses to interpret
that text.
But the striking fact about /McCutcheon/ is that the government
didn't even try. Originalism is not the language of liberals. It's
beneath them---the weapon of the enemy. So the government's brief
didn't even hint at the argument that there was no good originalist
reason to restrict the meaning of "corruption" to quid pro quo
corruption alone. And Justice Breyer in his classically geeky
dissent doesn't even hint at the possible originalist
inconsistency---even though the core of his argument is precisely
that "corruption" does not mean "quid pro quo corruption" alone.
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"Supreme Court's rejection of U.S. campaign funding limits opens
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Posted on April 2, 2014 9:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59945>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Reuters reports
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/02/us-usa-court-election-idUSBREA3116V20140402?feedType=RSS>.
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"The End of Campaign Finance Reform?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59943>
Posted on April 2, 2014 9:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59943>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
National Journal reports
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-end-of-campaign-finance-reform-20140402>.
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"Supreme Court Strikes Down Overall Political Donation Cap"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59941>
Posted on April 2, 2014 9:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59941>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Adam Liptak writes
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/us/politics/supreme-court-ruling-on-campaign-contributions.html?hp>
for NYT.
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"Free Speech at Last: McCutcheon Decision Just Right"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59939>
Posted on April 2, 2014 8:56 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59939>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Brad Smith writes
<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/374894/free-speech-last-mccutcheon-decision-just-right-bradley-smith>for
NRO.
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"Supreme Court ends overall limit on individual campaign
contributions" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59937>
Posted on April 2, 2014 8:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59937>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
David Lauter and David Savage report
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-court-campaign-finance-20140403,0,4153046,full.story#axzz2xmXYrf3i>
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"Supreme Court strikes down overall political donation limits"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59935>
Posted on April 2, 2014 8:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59935>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bob Egelko reports
<http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Supreme-Court-strikes-down-overall-political-5371989.php>for
the SF Chronicle.
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Comparing CJ Roberts' Opening Statements in McCutcheon and Shelby
County <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59933>
Posted on April 2, 2014 8:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59933>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Sara Mayeux <http://www.saramayeux.org/?p=793>.
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Marcia Coyle on the News Hour about McCutcheon
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59931>
Posted on April 2, 2014 8:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59931>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Watch.
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/high-court-rules-against-cap-campaign-money/>
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"How Not to Enforce Campaign Laws"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59929>
Posted on April 2, 2014 8:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59929>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel has written this NYT oped
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/opinion/how-not-to-enforce-campaign-laws.html?smid=tw-share>on
McCutcheon.
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"Bringing Big Money Out of the Shadows"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59927>
Posted on April 2, 2014 8:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59927>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nate Persily has written this NYT oped
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/opinion/bringing-big-money-out-of-the-shadows.html?hp&rref=opinion>on
McCutcheon.
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