[EL] What a Shock!
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Apr 9 10:23:02 PDT 2014
Sorry for the triple negative. You are worthy of debate (just not
through listserv snark)
On 4/9/14, 10:15 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
> 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=âEURoeMiss.
>>> preparing to use new voter ID lawâEUR?&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=âEURoeBlacks
>>> and Early Voting, in Ohio and WisconsinâEUR?&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!: âEURoeJohn Roberts Gets the Parties
>>> StartedâEUR?&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=âEURoeGovernment
>>> Brief Cites McCutcheon Case In Defending FECâEUR^(TM)s
>>> Requirements for PACsâEUR?&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=âEURoeHow
>>> to Clean Up American ElectionsâEUR?&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=âEURoeRNC
>>> chairman: Strike down all contribution
>>> limitsâEUR?&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=âEURoeStay
>>> issued on subpoenas in NC election law case
>>> âEURoe&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=âEURoeThe
>>> Hounding of Brendan Eich Gives New Cover to Defenders of
>>> Dark MoneyâEUR?&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=âEURoeMcConnell
>>> Doubts Individual Campaign Finance Limits Will Go
>>> AwayâEUR?&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=âEURoeJudge
>>> Rules Delaware Disclosure Law
>>> UnconstitutionalâEUR?&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=âEURoeRich
>>> People Will Always Beat Campaign Finance
>>> RestrictionsâEUR?&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=âEURoeShelby
>>> and Section 3: Pulling the Voting Rights ActâEUR^(TM)s
>>> Pocket Trigger to Protect Voting Rights after Shelby County
>>> v. HolderâEUR?&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=âEURoeMcCutcheon
>>> and Corruption in AmericaâEUR?&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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>> 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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> UC Irvine School of Law
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> 949.824.0495 - fax
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