[EL] What a Shock!

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Apr 9 10:15:58 PDT 2014


Jim,

We have fundamentally different world views as well as assessments of 
the empirical evidence.  We have had a number of exchanges on the list 
and elsewhere over the years about these conflicting normative views and 
views of the evidence, and I don't think that repeating that debate on 
the listserv would be a good use of anyone's time. It is not that I 
don't think you are unworthy of debate. It is that it all has been said 
before. I am not sure if our CATO live debate from a few years ago is 
still on the Internet.  I'd be happy to reprise that debate at some 
point in the future. But back and forth sniping on the listserv seems a 
waste of time.

The fullest explication of my views on campaign finance appears in my 
2003 book, /The Supreme Court and Election Law. /You can read the 
chapter on campaign finance if you want to understand my full 
views---though they have evolved in some significant ways since then. I 
am planning likely another book length treatment to make my full case 
for a political equality view of the First Amendment---one which 
differs, by the way, from Justice Breyer's dissent in some important 
ways. I hope when I can make my sustained argument it will convince many 
people who might be on the fence on these issues.  I certainly don't 
expect it to convince you even in a book length treatment (much less in 
a short listserv response).

Of course my views expressed on the blog or elsewhere are fair targets 
for you, and you can respond however you wish. The reason I posted a 
short note in response to you was that I did not want to leave anyone 
new to the list with the impression that I agreed with your outlandish 
and snarky statements.  Beyond that, you have new lawsuits to bring (and 
many to win, unfortunately in my view) and I have a book to write.


Rick





On 4/9/14, 10:03 AM, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:
> Well then I will await your much larger work anxiously. I can raise 
> questions about your posts and you defend yourself by citing "larger 
> works."
> You have said repeatedly, when you occasionally respond to one of my 
> posts, that  "I'm not going to get into another long debate with you 
> on the internet." I don't know if you think I am just not worthy of 
> debating you or you don't want to debate in public so others can 
> evaluate your arguments. Or perhaps you prefer just to express your 
> opinions everyday but are above defending them. The Oracles of Delphi 
> felt the same way.  Either way it is an odd brush off by someone with 
> so many opinions and one who so aggressively puts them out to the 
> public. But I guess some are just too good to be soiled by debate with 
> us commoners.
> Oh, and by the way, just because I responded I am still "not going to 
> get into another long debate with you on the internet."  How about a 
> short debate instead? I have more lawsuits to work on. Jim Bopp
> In a message dated 4/9/2014 11:18:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
>
>     Jim,
>     I'm not going to get into another long debate with you on the
>     internet. But depending upon how one defines the problem, the sky
>     actually is already falling, and the election of Obama does not
>     prove that the system is working.  I've made a number of points
>     about the problem of legislative skew in this piece
>     (http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/article/lobbying-rent-seeking-and-constitution)
>     and I've begun work on a much larger work which will eventually
>     respond to these points.
>     Rick
>
>     On 4/9/14, 5:55 AM, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:
>>     Regarding Rick's comment under "What a Shock!:"
>>     /P.S. Someone should collect all the statements from the
>>     deregulationists who said getting rid of aggregate limits is no
>>     big deal and it wouldn’t lead to multi-million dollar checks and
>>     the emergence of soft money./
>>     I would but my hard drive is already full of all the Chicken
>>     Little claims of imminent doom by the campaign finance
>>     "reformers" after almost every Court decision since /Buckley/.
>>     Just to mention one, /Citizens United/ was decided in 2010.  The
>>     Chicken Littles said that corporations would own all the
>>     politicians.  Obama was reelected in 2012.  Was he owned by
>>     corporations?  Opps.  And the Chicken Littles have not even
>>     apologized to Obama.  They just press on with more dire
>>     predictions.  Jim Bopp
>>     In a message dated 4/8/2014 11:47:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>     rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>             Tom Edsall on McCutcheon
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60250>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 8:27 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60250>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Important NYT opinion column
>>         <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/the-high-cost-of-free-speech.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>.
>>
>>         Tom links to 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/>“
>>
>>         It’s not every day I’m called more cynical than Richard Posner.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60250&title=Tom
>>         Edsall on McCutcheon&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60250&title=Tom%20Edsall%20on%20McCutcheon&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             “Miss. preparing to use new voter ID law”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60247>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 8:00 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60247>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Gannett reports.
>>         <http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20140408/NEWS01/304080033/Miss-preparing-use-new-voter-ID-law>
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60247&title=“Miss.
>>         preparing to use new voter ID law”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60247&title=%E2%80%9CMiss.%20preparing%20to%20use%20new%20voter%20ID%20law%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in election administration
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>
>>
>>             “Blacks and Early Voting, in Ohio and Wisconsin”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60245>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 7:56 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60245>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         NYT letter to the editor
>>         <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/blacks-and-early-voting-in-ohio-and-wisconsin.html?ref=opinion>
>>         from NAACP Ohio and Wisconsin leaders.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60245&title=“Blacks
>>         and Early Voting, in Ohio and Wisconsin”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60245&title=%E2%80%9CBlacks%20and%20Early%20Voting%2C%20in%20Ohio%20and%20Wisconsin%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in election administration
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
>>
>>
>>             NYT Letters to the Editor on David Brooks McCutcheon
>>             Column <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60243>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 7:55 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60243>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Here.
>>         <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/opinion/money-politics-and-the-justices.html?ref=opinion>
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60243&title=NYT
>>         Letters to the Editor on David Brooks McCutcheon
>>         Column&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60243&title=NYT%20Letters%20to%20the%20Editor%20on%20David%20Brooks%20McCutcheon%20Column&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             How Low Will Dick Morris Go?
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60241>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 7:53 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60241>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         This low.
>>         <http://thehill.com/opinion/dick-morris/203019-dick-morris-investigate-2012-vote-fraud>
>>
>>         Didn’t realize he was a member of the fraudulent fraud squad.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60241&title=How
>>         Low Will Dick Morris Go?&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60241&title=How%20Low%20Will%20Dick%20Morris%20Go%3F&description=>
>>         Posted in fraudulent fraud squad
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, The Voting Wars
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>
>>
>>             What a Shock!: “John Roberts Gets the Parties Started”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60239>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 7:43 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60239>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Politico reports:
>>         <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/john-roberts-supreme-court-mccutcheon-republican-party-105503.html>
>>
>>             Insiders are dreaming up how to maximize a recent Supreme
>>             Court ruling that frees up some big donors to give even more.
>>
>>             A prominent idea: create a new class of donors who
>>             contribute a total of six- or seven-figures to each of
>>             three party committees and spread cash to endangered
>>             lawmakers. In exchange, the big-money givers would get
>>             something of an “all access pass” that comes with perks
>>             from the big three national committees, like face time
>>             with top officials.
>>
>>         Of course Roberts told us that this wouldn’t happen, or that
>>         the FEC or Congress would easily fix it.
>>         Yeah right.
>>         <http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-does-the-chief-justice-not-understand-politics-or-does-he-understand-it-all-too-well/>
>>         And don’t delude yourselves. Many Democratic party operatives
>>         are /delighted/ with /McCutcheon./
>>         P.S. Someone should collect all the statements from the
>>         deregulationists who said getting rid of aggregate limits is
>>         no big deal and it wouldn’t lead to multi-million dollar
>>         checks and the emergence of soft money.
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60239&title=What
>>         a Shock!: “John Roberts Gets the Parties
>>         Started”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60239&title=What%20a%20Shock%21%3A%20%E2%80%9CJohn%20Roberts%20Gets%20the%20Parties%20Started%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             Two Panels on Voting Rights May 2 at LA Law Library as
>>             Part of Law Week <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60236>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 7:00 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60236>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Looking forward to participating in this:
>>
>>         http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Law_Week_Flyer_Friday.png
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Law_Week_Flyer_Friday.png>
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60236&title=Two
>>         Panels on Voting Rights May 2 at LA Law Library as Part of
>>         Law Week&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60236&title=Two%20Panels%20on%20Voting%20Rights%20May%202%20at%20LA%20Law%20Library%20as%20Part%20of%20Law%20Week&description=>
>>         Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>, Voting
>>         Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>>
>>
>>             “Government Brief Cites McCutcheon Case In Defending
>>             FEC’s Requirements for PACs”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60234>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 6:51 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60234>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Bloomberg BNA
>>         <http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=44415475&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0e8w1u4z2&split=0>:
>>         “Supreme Court precedents, including the court’s most recent
>>         campaign finance ruling in McCutcheon v. Fed. Election
>>         Comm’n, consistently have supported requirements for public
>>         disclosure of campaign money, government attorneys argued in
>>         a brief
>>         <http://www.fec.gov/law/litigation/freespeech_fec_opp_brief.pdf>
>>         filed with the high court (Free Speech v. FEC, U.S., No.
>>         13-772, brief filed 4/4/14).”
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60234&title=“Government
>>         Brief Cites McCutcheon Case In Defending FEC’s Requirements
>>         for PACs”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60234&title=%E2%80%9CGovernment%20Brief%20Cites%20McCutcheon%20Case%20In%20Defending%20FEC%E2%80%99s%20Requirements%20for%20PACs%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             “How to Clean Up American Elections”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60232>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 6:46 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60232>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Ganesh Sitaraman writes
>>         <http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/04/clean-up-elections-with-peoples-pledge-105492.html#.U0SlbMeT6N8>
>>         for Politico.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60232&title=“How
>>         to Clean Up American Elections”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60232&title=%E2%80%9CHow%20to%20Clean%20Up%20American%20Elections%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             “RNC chairman: Strike down all contribution limits”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60230>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 6:44 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60230>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         That’s
>>         <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/08/rnc-chairman-strike-down-all-contribution-limits/>more
>>         like it.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60230&title=“RNC
>>         chairman: Strike down all contribution limits”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60230&title=%E2%80%9CRNC%20chairman%3A%20Strike%20down%20all%20contribution%20limits%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             “Stay issued on subpoenas in NC election law case “
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60228>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 1:31 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60228>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         AP reports.
>>         <http://www.news-record.com/news/north_carolina_ap/article_451dc9df-0dcb-58c2-9fb5-8b87ed1d86b9.html>
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60228&title=“Stay
>>         issued on subpoenas in NC election law case “&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60228&title=%E2%80%9CStay%20issued%20on%20subpoenas%20in%20NC%20election%20law%20case%20%E2%80%9C&description=>
>>         Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>>
>>
>>             “The Hounding of Brendan Eich Gives New Cover to
>>             Defenders of Dark Money”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60226>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 1:30 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60226>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Important piece
>>         <http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117307/brendan-eichs-resignation-mozilla-gives-new-cover-dark-money>
>>         from Alec MacGillis.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60226&title=“The
>>         Hounding of Brendan Eich Gives New Cover to Defenders of
>>         Dark Money”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60226&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20Hounding%20of%20Brendan%20Eich%20Gives%20New%20Cover%20to%20Defenders%20of%20Dark%20Money%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             “McConnell Doubts Individual Campaign Finance Limits Will
>>             Go Away” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60224>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 1:20 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60224>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Roll Call reports
>>         <http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/mcconnell-doubts-individual-campaign-finance-limits-will-go-away/>.
>>         I don’t think he’s the only one calling the shots on this though.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60224&title=“McConnell
>>         Doubts Individual Campaign Finance Limits Will Go
>>         Away”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60224&title=%E2%80%9CMcConnell%20Doubts%20Individual%20Campaign%20Finance%20Limits%20Will%20Go%20Away%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             Demos Explainer on McCutcheon
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60222>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 1:03 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60222>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Guide for the Perplexed.
>>         <http://www.demos.org/publication/what-mccutcheon-v-fec>
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60222&title=Demos
>>         Explainer on McCutcheon&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60222&title=Demos%20Explainer%20on%20McCutcheon&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             “Judge Rules Delaware Disclosure Law Unconstitutional”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60220>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 12:58 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60220>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         CCP:
>>         <http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2014/04/08/judge-rules-delaware-disclosure-law-unconstitutional/>“A
>>         federal court today issued an order
>>         <http://www.campaignfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SLR-Order-08apr20141.pdf>
>>         barring enforcement
>>         <http://www.campaignfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Order-Granting-MPI.pdf>
>>         of a recently adopted Delaware law that would have forced a
>>         group that publishes non-partisan voter guides to violate its
>>         members’ privacy.”
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60220&title=“Judge
>>         Rules Delaware Disclosure Law
>>         Unconstitutional”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60220&title=%E2%80%9CJudge%20Rules%20Delaware%20Disclosure%20Law%20Unconstitutional%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>>
>>
>>             “Rich People Will Always Beat Campaign Finance
>>             Restrictions” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60218>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 12:55 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60218>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Steve Chapman
>>         <http://reason.com/archives/2014/04/07/rich-people-will-always-beat-campaign-fi>writes
>>         for /Reason./
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60218&title=“Rich
>>         People Will Always Beat Campaign Finance
>>         Restrictions”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60218&title=%E2%80%9CRich%20People%20Will%20Always%20Beat%20Campaign%20Finance%20Restrictions%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             “Shelby and Section 3: Pulling the Voting Rights Act’s
>>             Pocket Trigger to Protect Voting Rights after Shelby
>>             County v. Holder” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60216>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 12:51 pm
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60216>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Paul Wiley has postedthis draft student note
>>         <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2421605>
>>         on SSRN (forthcoming, /Washington and Lee Law Review/).  Here
>>         is the abstract:
>>
>>             The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder
>>             presents voting rights advocates with a difficult
>>             challenge: finding an effective substitute for the
>>             preclearance regime struck down by the Court. The best
>>             possible alternative may live within the Voting Rights
>>             Act itself in Section 3(c)’s “pocket trigger.” Section
>>             3(c) permits a federal court to retain jurisdiction and
>>             preclear a jurisdiction’s changes to its voting
>>             procedures upon a finding of a constitutional violation.
>>             By relating more closely to current conditions in a
>>             specific locality, Section 3(c) preclearance avoids many
>>             of the problems the Court identified in NAMUDNO and
>>             Shelby County.
>>
>>             This Note analyzes the history of Voting Rights Act
>>             litigation and suggests a more expansive use of Section
>>             3(c) preclearance to continue federal oversight of
>>             election procedures.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60216&title=“Shelby
>>         and Section 3: Pulling the Voting Rights Act’s Pocket
>>         Trigger to Protect Voting Rights after Shelby County v.
>>         Holder”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60216&title=%E2%80%9CShelby%20and%20Section%203%3A%20Pulling%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%E2%80%99s%20Pocket%20Trigger%20to%20Protect%20Voting%20Rights%20after%20Shelby%20County%20v.%20Holder%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,
>>         Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>, VRAA
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=81>
>>
>>
>>             All My McCutcheon Commentary in One Place
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60214>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 10:47 am
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60214>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Courtesy
>>         <http://www.law.uci.edu/news/faculty/hasen_040214.html> of
>>         @UCILaw:
>>
>>           * The Guardian
>>             <http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/08/supreme-court-fight-for-voting-rights>
>>
>>           * Daily Journal (PDF)
>>             <http://www.law.uci.edu/news/in-the-news/2014/djournal_hasen_040814.pdf>
>>
>>           * Reuters
>>             <http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/04/07/opening-the-political-money-chutes/>
>>
>>           * SCOTUSBlog
>>             <http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/symposium-does-the-chief-justice-not-understand-politics-or-does-he-understand-it-all-too-well/>
>>
>>           * Slate <http://slate.me/1oqLlN0>
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60214&title=All
>>         My McCutcheon Commentary in One Place&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60214&title=All%20My%20McCutcheon%20Commentary%20in%20One%20Place&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             “McCutcheon and Corruption in America”
>>             <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60212>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 9:13 am
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60212>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         Harvard University Press blog
>>         <http://harvardpress.typepad.com/hup_publicity/2014/04/mccutcheon-and-corruption-in-america-zephyr-teachout.html>:
>>
>>             In /Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff
>>             Box to Citizens United/
>>             <http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674050402>,
>>             Teachout reminds us that the particularly demanding
>>             notion of corruption represented by that early gifts rule
>>             is central to American law and democracy. This notion of
>>             corruption, she explains, is not limited to the blatant
>>             bribes and explicit quid pro quo to which Chief Justice
>>             Roberts referred in this week’s /McCutcheon v. FEC/
>>             <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mccutcheon-v-federal-election-commission/>
>>             ruling, and Justice Kennedy in /Citizens United/
>>             <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission/>
>>             before that. The foundational American understanding of
>>             corruption encompassed emotional, internal, psychological
>>             relationships in an effort to protect the morality of
>>             interactions between official representatives of
>>             government and private parties, foreign parties, or other
>>             politicians.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60212&title=“McCutcheon
>>         and Corruption in America”&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60212&title=%E2%80%9CMcCutcheon%20and%20Corruption%20in%20America%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>         Posted in campaign finance
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme Court
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>             Marty Lederman Goes Into the Weeds on Standing and
>>             Ripeness Issues in Susan B. Anthony False Speech SCOTUS
>>             Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60210>
>>
>>         Posted on April 8, 2014 9:00 am
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60210>by Rick Hasen
>>         <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>>         A very helpful primer
>>         <http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/04/dewine-v-dewine-with-the-united-states-somewhere-in-between/>,
>>         at SCOTUSBlog.
>>
>>         http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60210&title=Marty
>>         Lederman Goes Into the Weeds on Standing and Ripeness Issues
>>         in Susan B. Anthony False Speech SCOTUS Case&description=
>>         <http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D60210&title=Marty%20Lederman%20Goes%20Into%20the%20Weeds%20on%20Standing%20and%20Ripeness%20Issues%20in%20Susan%20B.%20Anthony%20False%20Speech%20SCOTUS%20Case&description=>
>>         Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,
>>         Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>>
>>
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Rick Hasen
>>         Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
>>         UC Irvine School of Law
>>         401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
>>         Irvine, CA 92697-8000
>>         949.824.3072 - office
>>         949.824.0495 - fax
>>         rhasen at law.uci.edu
>>         http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
>>         http://electionlawblog.org
>>
>>
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>     Rick Hasen
>     Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
>     UC Irvine School of Law
>     401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
>     Irvine, CA 92697-8000
>     949.824.3072 - office
>     949.824.0495 - fax
>     rhasen at law.uci.edu
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>     http://electionlawblog.org
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Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
UC Irvine School of Law
401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
949.824.3072 - office
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