[EL] Attention fellow totalitarians...

Thu Apr 17 10:14:20 PDT 2014

I have been urged by a number of people not to  participate on this 
listserv for reasons similar to those stated below, that my  participation gives 
credibility to it, etc.  I declined their request and  gladly continue to 
participate.

    My actions are my answer.  

    Long Live the Election Law Listserv.  Jim  Bopp

PS  It is interesting that extremes on both sides of the issues  discussed 
here want me off the listserv -- a few conservatives urging me  not to 
participate and a few liberals wanting me banned.  That puts me in  the middle -- 
not a place I normally find myself.

In a message dated 4/17/2014 1:05:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:

_Interesting  Perspective on Election Law Listserv from Non-Participant_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60581)  

Posted on _April 17, 2014 10:03  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60581)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

I wonder if the many conservatives on the election law listserv would agree 
 with these points made by _J.  Christian Adams_ 
(http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2014/04/17/a-new-more-sinister-irs-scandal/?singlepage=true) : 
So who are the speech regulators seeking to impose government  limits on 
the exercise of the First Amendment? 
Like bats in the belfry, they tend to congregate online at University of  
California at Irvine Law Professor Rick Hasen’s election _blog_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/) . 
Hasen runs an _online  meeting hall_ 
(http://department-lists.uci.edu/pipermail/law-election/)  for all the would-be speech totalitarians. They post,  
bluster, and kibitz about the latest news on their effort to erode the First 
 Amendment and increase federal power. Whenever a free speech advocate 
seeks  to contribute to the conversation at the blog, they are often 
deliberately  given a cold shoulder and ignored, per plan. The ignored don’t understand 
 that leftists aren’t interested in debate. Their pedigree requires the  
eradication of opposing ideas, not their incubation. 
But perhaps the ignored should be thankful. Being ignored is better than  
what the speech regulators have done in other places throughout history.  
Jail and truncheons are the usual tools of those who want to stamp out free  
speech. In America, the speech regulators have just begun to warm up to jail  
as a tool. 
That Hasen’s online hangout is hosted on government  servers provides an 
interesting twist. 
Judicial Watch sent the University of California at Irvine a freedom of  
information request demanding Hasen’s emails to the White House and other  
government officials including any on the topic of speech regulations. The  
University told Judicial Watch to pound sand, and still hasn’t provided  
anything. 
 (http://cdn.pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/files/2014/04/a1.jpg)  
Yesterday’s IRS email revelation makes you wonder what Cal-Irvine is  
hiding. 
So who are some of the other speech regulators who haven’t shown up on  IRS 
scandal documents yet?

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Posted in _Uncategorized_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1)  
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UC Irvine School of Law

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