[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/7/14

Mon Apr 7 07:32:03 PDT 2014

     From the Man Who Brought You Shelby County, NAMUDNO, and Fisher...
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60158>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60158>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

...comes a new attack 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/politics/edward-blum-one-man-organization-keeps-watchful-eye-on-college-race-admissions-policies-.html?ref=adamliptak&_r=0>on 
affirmative action at universities.

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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "The Only Form Of Corruption The Supreme Court Cares About Is Almost
    Impossible To Prosecute" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60156>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:29 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60156>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ryan Reilly and Paul Blumenthal 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/supreme-court-corruption_n_5093485.html> 
report for HuffPo.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    Breaking: Supreme Court Denies Cert in Corporate Contributions Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60154>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:26 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60154>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This news 
<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/high-court-rejects-new-campaign-finance-case> 
is not surprising. This case, unlike most of the other campaign finance 
cases the Court has taken in recent years, comes up on a petition for 
cert. rather than on direct appeal. (This matters because a decision to 
deny cert. means nothing, while the summary affirmance of an appeal has 
precedential value). Plus, it is in line with Roberts'faux judicial 
restraint/go slow 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/04/the_subtle_awfulness_of_the_mccutcheon_v_fec_campaign_finance_decision_the.html> 
approach.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    Jost on McCutcheon <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60152>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60152>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://jostonjustice.blogspot.com/2014/04/court-opens-door-to-yet-more-money-in.html>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "We Can Learn Something About 'Ingratiation and Access' from
    Journalists" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60150>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60150>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

City Ethics blog. 
<http://www.cityethics.org/content/we-can-learn-something-about-ingratiation-and-access-journalists>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Supreme Oligarchy" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60148>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:20 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60148>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

E.J. Dionne 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ej-dionne-jr-supreme-oligarchy/2014/04/06/823f15ea-bc2e-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html> 
on /McCutcheon./

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "A Novel Proposal from Heather Gerken: Plus One More, Also from
    Yale" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60146>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:18 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60146>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer blogs. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/04/novel-proposal-heather-gerken-plus-one-also-yale/>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "In Politics, Money is Speech" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60144>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60144>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Robert Samuelson 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-j-samuelson-in-politics-money-is-speech/2014/04/04/075df4ec-bc18-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html?hpid=z5>WaPo 
column.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "Big Money's Grip Stronger Than Ever"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60142>

Posted on April 7, 2014 7:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60142>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico reports 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/mccutcheon-supreme-court-big-money-105328.html?hp=r13>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    Dorf on McCutcheon <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60140>

Posted on April 6, 2014 9:11 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60140>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here <http://verdict.justia.com/2014/04/07/just-shy-bribery>, at Justia.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "Comptroller to Forgo Financing by Public"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60138>

Posted on April 6, 2014 8:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60138>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/nyregion/comptroller-to-forgo-financing-by-public.html?_r=0>

    Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller, is the first to admit
    that what he plans to do is hypocritical.

    But it is true: After decades spent calling for the public financing
    of political campaigns, Mr. DiNapoli, a Democrat, says he will opt
    out of a public financing system that New York lawmakers have just
    enacted, in time for this fall's elections.

    Then again, Mr. DiNapoli says the new system is a badly written,
    sloppy piece of legislation that was obviously rushed into effect
    --- "a Frankenstein monster," he calls it --- and he fears that it
    may actually have been designed to fail, by lawmakers who either do
    not really believe in, or do not understand, public campaign
    financing at all.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Floyd Abrams on the 'Disturbing Recurring Reality' of Collective
    Liberty" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60136>

Posted on April 6, 2014 7:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60136>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Josh Blackman blogs 
<http://joshblackman.com/blog/2014/04/06/floyd-abrams-on-the-disturbing-recurring-reality-of-collective-liberty/>.

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Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    A Little Late Dept: "Plaintiff in Campaign-Finance Case Supports
    Some Limits" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60134>

Posted on April 6, 2014 12:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60134>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ reports. 
<http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/04/06/plaintiff-in-campaign-finance-case-supports-some-limits/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>

Of course, what Shaun McCutcheon thinks about this is totally irrelevant 
at this point.

I expect next the attack on soft money rules (to the extent new "super 
committees" don't just lead to full soft money explosion) before full 
attack on the base limits.

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    Two Tiered Voting Could Come to Kansas This Year if Stay Granted in
    Kobach v. EAC Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60132>

Posted on April 6, 2014 10:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60132>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Lots of uncertainty. 
<http://m.ljworld.com/news/2014/apr/06/editorial-election-uncertainty/?templates=mobile&opinion=>

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