[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/6/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sun Apr 6 08:48:50 PDT 2014
Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60130>
Posted on April 6, 2014 8:40 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60130>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
"You can do things here incredibly, incredibly cheaply. For instance,
A.F.P., the Koch brothers, went and did North Carolina last time. Well,
a legislative seat here is about one-fourth the size of a legislative
seat in North Carolina. So there's bang for your buck." In any given
district, he said, "You can go in for twenty grand, and probably fix a
problem." He also noted, "People are just showing up with pockets full
of money, saying, 'We want to help you out.' "
--A West Virginia Republican political consultant talking about AFP
establishing a chapter in West Virginia, quoted in Evan Osnos, /Chemical
Valley: The Coal Industry, The Politicians, and the Big Oil Spill /
(/The New Yorker/)
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"Congressional committee chairs have lost much of their prestige,
allure" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60128>
Posted on April 6, 2014 8:33 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60128>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Fix
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congressional-committee-chairs-have-lost-much-of-their-prestige-allure/2014/04/06/27533af6-bd93-11e3-b574-f8748871856a_story.html>talks
to Paul Kane.
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"To Strike at Kochs, Democrats Revive Tactic That Hurt Romney"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60126>
Posted on April 6, 2014 8:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60126>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT reports
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/us/politics/to-hit-back-at-kochs-democrats-revive-tactic-that-hurt-romney.html?ref=politics&_r=0>.
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"American Tradition Partnership is Back"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60124>
Posted on April 6, 2014 8:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60124>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest
<http://helenair.com/news/local/american-tradition-partnership-is-back/article_77fe413a-bd4d-11e3-a3c9-001a4bcf887a.html>from
Montana.
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Eliza Has Spoken <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60122>
Posted on April 5, 2014 5:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60122>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
and the verdict
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/scotus-spawns-search-for-son-of-super-pac/>
is that the new campaign finance vehicles, which CJ Roberts
(disingenuously?
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-does-the-chief-justice-not-understand-politics-or-does-he-understand-it-all-too-well/>)
told us would not materialize in McCutcheon shall henceforth be called
"Super committees."
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Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60120>
Posted on April 5, 2014 3:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60120>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/topten/topTenResults.cfm?groupingId=991929&netorjrnl=jrnl>:
*RECENT TOP PAPERS* for all papers first announced in the last 60 days
<http://papers.ssrn.com/publicRss/rssManagerInc.cfm?journalId=991929>
/4 Feb 2014 through 5 Apr 2014/
Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 167 *Free at Last: Rejecting Equal Sovereignty and Restoring the
Constitutional Right to Vote: Shelby County v. Holder*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2400098>
James Uriah Blacksher
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1328316> and
Lani Guinier
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=114970>
Attorney at Law and Harvard Law School
/Date posted to database: /24 Feb 2014
/Last Revised: /24 Feb 2014
2 92 *The 2013 Philippine Mid-Term Election: An Empirical Analysis of
Dynasties, Vote Buying and the Correlates of Senate Votes*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2400874>
Ronald U. Mendoza
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=765769>, Mario
Antonio Lopez
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2206006>, David
Barua Yap II
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=395473> and
Tristan A. Canare
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1958799>
Asian Institute of Management, Asian Institute of Management, Asian
Institute of Management -- Policy Center and Asian Institute of
Management -- Policy Center
/Date posted to database: /25 Feb 2014
/Last Revised: /27 Feb 2014
3 71 *McCutcheon and the Meaning of Corruption: Not All Quid Pro Quos
are Made of the Same Stuff*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2387041>
Zephyr Teachout
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=141431>
Fordham University School of Law
/Date posted to database: /29 Jan 2014
/Last Revised: /4 Apr 2014
4 68 *After Shelby County: Getting Section 2 of the VRA to Do the Work
of Section 5* <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2414652>
Christopher S. Elmendorf
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=345940> and
Douglas M. Spencer
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1220854>
University of California, Davis -- School of Law and University of
Connecticut, School of Law
/Date posted to database: /26 Mar 2014
/Last Revised: /27 Mar 2014
5 67 *(Mis)Trusting States to Run Elections*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2405396>
Joshua A. Douglas
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=683935>
University of Kentucky -- College of Law
/Date posted to database: /7 Mar 2014
/Last Revised: /7 Mar 2014
6 61 *Classifying Corruption*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2401297>
Yasmin Dawood
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1166954>
University of Toronto -- Faculty of Law
/Date posted to database: /26 Feb 2014
/Last Revised: /26 Feb 2014
7 59 *Comments on Guidance for Tax-Exempt Social Welfare Organizations
on Candidate-Related Political Activities*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2399315>
Brian D. Galle
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=332937> and
Donald B. Tobin
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=333588>
Boston College Law School and Ohio State University (OSU) -- Michael E.
Moritz College of Law
/Date posted to database: /25 Feb 2014
/Last Revised: /25 Feb 2014
8 58 *Justice Ginsburg's Umbrella*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2402868>
Ellen D. Katz
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=265855>
University of Michigan Law School
/Date posted to database: /1 Mar 2014
/Last Revised: /4 Mar 2014
9 50 *Party-Based Corruption and McCutcheon v. FEC*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2394863>
Michael S. Kang
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=535746>
Emory University School of Law
/Date posted to database: /13 Feb 2014
/Last Revised: /20 Mar 2014
10 43 *Sub-Regulating Elections*
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2393630>
Jennifer Nou
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=557784>
University of Chicago -- Law School
/Date posted to database: /11 Feb 2014
/Last Revised: /15 Mar 2014
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"The real danger behind the 'McCutcheon' ruling"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60118>
Posted on April 5, 2014 2:47 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60118>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ruth Marcus WaPo column
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ruth-marcus-the-real-danger-behind-the-mccutcheon-ruling/2014/04/04/022ddcd4-bc32-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html?hpid=z2>:
"The real risk lies in the conservative justices' seemingly deliberate
obtuseness to the real world of campaign contributions --- in
particular, their cramped understanding of what constitutes the kind of
corruption or risk thereof to justify campaign finance legislation."
On "deliberate obtuseness," see my SCOTUSBlog post, "Does the Chief
Justice not Understand Politics, or Does He Understand it all too Well?
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-does-the-chief-justice-not-understand-politics-or-does-he-understand-it-all-too-well/>"
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"Name That 'Outside Group'" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60116>
Posted on April 5, 2014 2:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60116>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Matea Gold
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/04/04/name-that-outside-group/>
on what we should call the next "Super PAC."
Democracy-killer? Just a thought.
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"Welcome to the Collective; Justice Breyer turns the First Amendment
on its head." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60113>
Posted on April 5, 2014 10:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60113>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Taranto
<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304441304579479393186825228>
on /McCutcheon./
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Recap of SCOTUSBlog Symposium on McCutcheon
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60111>
Posted on April 5, 2014 10:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60111>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
* Ronald Collins & David Skover: "Foreword: It's All Forward Now
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/foreword-its-all-forward-now/>"
* Floyd Abrams, "Opposing More Speech --- a Disturbing & Recurring
Reality
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-opposing-more-speech-a-disturbing-recurring-reality/>"
* Jan Baran, "/McCutcheon/ and the Future of Campaign Finance
Regulation
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-mccutcheon-and-the-future-of-campaign-finance-regulation/>"
* Richard Hasen, "Does the Chief Justice not Understand Politics, or
Does He Understand it all too Well?
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-does-the-chief-justice-not-understand-politics-or-does-he-understand-it-all-too-well/>"
* Burt Neuborne, "Welcome to Oligarchs United
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-welcome-to-oligarchs-united/>"
* Ilya Shapiro, "The First Amendment's Protection of Political Speech
Extends to Both Donations & Spending
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-the-first-amendments-protection-of-political-speech-extends-to-both-donations-and-spending/>"
* Paul M. Smith, "/McCutcheon/ opens the Door to Massive Party
Contributions, but four Justices Continue to Push Back Forcefully
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-mccutcheon-opens-the-door-to-massive-party-contributions-but-four-justices-continue-to-push-back-forcefully/>"
* Fred Wertheimer, "The Supreme Court and the /McCutcheon/ Decision
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-the-supreme-court-and-the-mccutcheon-decision/>"
* (More posts may be coming soon.)
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"Republicans See Opening to Ask Court to Void More Campaign Limits;
Supreme Court's Conservatives Suggest They Might Strike Down All
Curbs on Donations to Candidates" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60108>
Posted on April 5, 2014 10:41 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60108>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ reports.
<http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303847804579479891462417938-lMyQjAxMTA0MDAwNTEwNDUyWj>
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"One Dollar, One Vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60106>
Posted on April 5, 2014 10:40 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60106>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
David Cole
<http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/apr/04/one-dollar-one-vote/>
in NYRB on /McCutcheon./
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