[EL] Comptroller decision

Mon Apr 7 08:34:31 PDT 2014

Will DiNapoli be any more or less corrupt if he participates? Will his politics change?

Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad St.

Columbus, OH 43215

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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Rick Hasen [rhasen at law.uci.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 11:28 AM
To: Sean Parnell; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] Comptroller decision

please use this thread if anyone responds to Sean.
On 4/7/2014 8:21 AM, Sean Parnell wrote:
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!”?

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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu<mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Hasen
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 10:32 AM
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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>

…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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“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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“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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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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UC Irvine School of Law
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