[EL] What a Shock!

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Apr 9 12:38:09 PDT 2014


To be clear, some people complaining about you don't necessarily 
disagree with your positions. The first person I quoted is hardly a 
campaign reformer.  They disagree with your lack of civility.

And with this, and at the risk of you saying I'm trying to shut you up, 
I'm done.



On 4/9/14, 12:32 PM, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:
> As I have explained, which started this all, "reformers" want to use 
> campaign finance laws to shut up their opponents so they can get their 
> liberal agenda through.  Comments by them after McCutcheon have made 
> this crystal clear, as well as has Breyer's dissent.  So I am not at 
> all surprised that they want to shut me up too.  Many people think 
> that disagreeing with them is disagreeable.
> Rick, I am glad you may not be in that camp.  Jim Bopp
> In a message dated 4/9/2014 2:47:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
>
>     Jim,
>
>     If I really wanted to discourage you from commenting about my
>     views on the listserv, I would have removed you from the listserv,
>     which many people have been urging me to do for your lack of
>     civility for some time.
>
>     (More emails to that effect came in today.  A few choice quotes:
>     "I’d move to get rid of Jim Bopp from the list-serve.  ....  It’s
>     tiresome.  He clearly can’t disagree without being disagreeable.
>      Let him find another forum for his snark.  I’d prefer not to get
>     any more emails from him.  And I don’t even necessarily disagree
>     with some of his positions.  I can’t be alone in this
>     assessment."  "Just curious, is there a way to tone down the
>     constant snark/invective he (and many of the CCP folks) constantly
>     post?  It is ironic because, even as a reformer, I could take
>     their arguments more seriously if they weren’t so obnoxious.").
>
>     Instead, despite your intemperate comments on the listserv I have
>     engaged with you, just like I have debated Brad Smith and Floyd
>     Abrams with whom I also disagree.
>
>     Rick
>
>     On 4/9/14, 10:48 AM, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:
>>         Fair enough.  I have no interest in long debates either but
>>     it is also true that these fundamentally different world views
>>     continue to be advocated for and currently debated.
>>       I thought I raised a new twist on it in my post, in response to
>>     yours, which is the fact that reformers regularly make dire
>>     predictions that almost never come true.  Your post wants to hold
>>     the "deregulators" into account for their predictions and I was
>>     simply holding "reformers" to the same. Their predictions about
>>     CU were wrong, they should be held in account for it and as a
>>     result their current predictions should be viewed with more
>>     skepticism.
>>         But of course you and anyone is free not to defend their
>>     opinions if they choose. But that won't discourage me from
>>     commenting on them, which honestly is what I think you are trying
>>     to do.  Jim Bopp
>>     PS And I seriously doubt that anyone would think that you would
>>     agree with even my non-outlandish and non-snarky statements.
>>     In a message dated 4/9/2014 1:16:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>     rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
>>
>>         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
>>>             http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
>>>             http://electionlawblog.org
>>>
>>
>>         -- 
>>         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
>>
>
>     -- 
>     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
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