[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/7/14
Sean Parnell
sean at impactpolicymanagement.com
Mon Apr 7 08:21:59 PDT 2014
I highly recommend the New York Times article Rick links to about New York
Comptroller' DiNapoli's decision to opt out of the taxpayer financed
campaign program in 2014, something he's been a longtime advocate for. It's
hilarious, at least if you're a skeptic of these programs.
DiNapoli's reasons, at least those stated in the article, boil down to the
following:
1. It starts in 2014, not 2018
2. The Board of Elections is in charge (he apparently is not a fan of
that body)
3. The funds come from the 'unclaimed property' account, which his
office administers
4. He'd have to give back about $1.5 million of the $2.1 million he's
already raised for the race
The program, limited to the Controller's race in 2014 (as DiNapoli has long
suggested), is generally modeled on New York City's, with a 6:1 match for
donations of $175 or less.
Why am I reminded of Augustine's prayer, "Lord, make me chaste, but not
yet!"?
Sean Parnell
President
Impact Policy Management, LLC
6411 Caleb Court
Alexandria, VA 22315
571-289-1374 (c)
sean at impactpolicymanagement.com
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Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/7/14
>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>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/politics/edward-blum-one-man-organizat
ion-keeps-watchful-eye-on-college-race-admissions-policies-.html?ref=adamlip
tak&_r=0> .comes a new attack on affirmative action at universities.
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3Fp%3D60158&title=From%20the%20Man%20Who%20Brought%20You%20Shelby%20County%2
C%20NAMUDNO%2C%20and%20Fisher%E2%80%A6&description=> Share
Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60156> "The Only Form Of Corruption The
Supreme Court Cares About Is Almost Impossible To Prosecute"
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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3Fp%3D60156&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Only%20Form%20Of%20Corruption%20The%20Supre
me%20Court%20Cares%20About%20Is%20Almost%20Impossible%20To%20Prosecute%E2%80
%9D&description=> Share
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_s
ubtle_awfulness_of_the_mccutcheon_v_fec_campaign_finance_decision_the.html>
approach.
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3Fp%3D60154&title=Breaking%3A%20Supreme%20Court%20Denies%20Cert%20in%20Corpo
rate%20Contributions%20Case&description=> Share
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-mone
y-in.html>
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3Fp%3D60152&title=Jost%20on%20McCutcheon&description=> Share
Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> , Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60150> "We Can Learn Something About
'Ingratiation and Access' from Journalists"
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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3Fp%3D60150&title=%E2%80%9CWe%20Can%20Learn%20Something%20About%20%E2%80%98I
ngratiation%20and%20Access%E2%80%99%20from%20Journalists%E2%80%9D&descriptio
n=> Share
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60148> "Supreme Oligarchy"
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.
<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%
3Fp%3D60148&title=%E2%80%9CSupreme%20Oligarchy%E2%80%9D&description=> Share
Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> , Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60146> "A Novel Proposal from Heather
Gerken: Plus One More, Also from Yale"
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-p
lus-one-also-yale/>
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3Fp%3D60146&title=%E2%80%9CA%20Novel%20Proposal%20from%20Heather%20Gerken%3A
%20Plus%20One%20More%2C%20Also%20from%20Yale%E2%80%9D&description=> Share
Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60144> "In Politics, Money is Speech"
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=z
5> WaPo column.
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3Fp%3D60144&title=%E2%80%9CIn%20Politics%2C%20Money%20is%20Speech%E2%80%9D&d
escription=> Share
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Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60142> "Big Money's Grip Stronger Than Ever"
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-10
5328.html?hp=r13> .
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3Fp%3D60142&title=%E2%80%9CBig%20Money%E2%80%99s%20Grip%20Stronger%20Than%20
Ever%E2%80%9D&description=> Share
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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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3Fp%3D60140&title=Dorf%20on%20McCutcheon&description=> Share
Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> , Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60138> "Comptroller to Forgo Financing by
Public"
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-b
y-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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3Fp%3D60138&title=%E2%80%9CComptroller%20to%20Forgo%20Financing%20by%20Publi
c%E2%80%9D&description=> Share
Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60136> "Floyd Abrams on the 'Disturbing
Recurring Reality' of Collective Liberty"
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-recu
rring-reality-of-collective-liberty/> .
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3Fp%3D60136&title=%E2%80%9CFloyd%20Abrams%20on%20the%20%E2%80%98Disturbing%2
0Recurring%20Reality%E2%80%99%20of%20Collective%20Liberty%E2%80%9D&descripti
on=> Share
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Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
A Little Late Dept: <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60134> "Plaintiff in
Campaign-Finance Case Supports Some Limits"
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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3Fp%3D60134&title=A%20Little%20Late%20Dept%3A%20%E2%80%9CPlaintiff%20in%20Ca
mpaign-Finance%20Case%20Supports%20Some%20Limits%E2%80%9D&description=>
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Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
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/?templ
ates=mobile&opinion=>
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3Fp%3D60132&title=Two%20Tiered%20Voting%20Could%20Come%20to%20Kansas%20This%
20Year%20if%20Stay%20Granted%20in%20Kobach%20v.%20EAC%20Case&description=>
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Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
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