[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/24/14

Wed Dec 24 07:43:37 PST 2014

    “New Census Estimates Show Slight Changes For Congressional
    Apportionment Now, But Point to Larger Changes by 2020″
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69368>

Posted onDecember 24, 2014 7:38 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69368>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Election Data Services 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/NR_Appor14bwTablesMaps.pdf>:

    New Census Bureau population estimates released today show four
    states would change their congressional representation compared to
    what they officially received with the 2010 Census and apportionment
    process four years ago. This represents a doubling of the number of
    states in just the past year. The Bureau’s 2013 estimates showed the
    state of North Carolina would be gaining an additional district
    (their 14th) if the new population estimates were used
    for apportionment, while the state of Minnesota would lose a
    congressional district (going from their current 8 districts down to
    7 districts). The new 2014 estimates shows the state of Texas will
    also gain a district (going from 36 to 37 districts), while the
    state of Pennsylvania will drop from 18 to 17 districts if
    apportionment was done with the new numbers. All other states
    would keep the same number of representatives they were awarded in
    December, 2010 when the official 2010 Census numbers were released.

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    “Delamaide: Lobbyists losing disclosure war”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69366>

Posted onDecember 24, 2014 7:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69366>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USA Today oped. 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/12/23/delamaide-business-lobbyists-fight-disclosure/20836831/>

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Posted inlobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    “Wealthy Donors Sided with Democrats in Midterms”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69364>

Posted onDecember 24, 2014 7:31 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69364>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POLITICAL_MONEY_BIGGEST_DONORS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>: 
“For as often as Democrats attack the conservative billionaires Charles 
and David Koch for their heavy spending on politics, it’s actually the 
liberal-minded who shelled out the most cash in the just completed 
midterm elections.”

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    “Head of Democratic Governors Association backs greater donor
    transparency” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69361>

Posted onDecember 23, 2014 8:49 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69361>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/12/23/head-of-democratic-governors-association-backs-transparency-on-donors/>

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    “Inquiry Into I.R.S. Lapses Shows No Links to White House”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69359>

Posted onDecember 23, 2014 8:47 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69359>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/us/house-irs-inquiry-shows-no-connections-to-white-house.html?ref=politics&_r=0>:

    An 18-month congressional investigation into theInternal Revenue
    Service
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/internal_revenue_service/index.html?inline=nyt-org>’s
    mistreatment of conservative political groups seeking tax exemptions
    failed to show coordination between agency officials and political
    operatives in the White House, according to a report released on
    Tuesday….In a parting shot, Mr. Issa released the226-page summary
    <http://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/December-2014-IRS-Report.pdf>of
    the panel’s findings on Tuesday. It said that language used in
    emails collected by the committee suggested that I.R.S. officials in
    thetax-exemption unit
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/us/politics/at-irs-unprepared-office-seemed-unclear-about-the-rules.html>were
    trying to find ways to penalize groups they disliked

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    Bauer on Sunstein’s “Partyism” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69357>

Posted onDecember 23, 2014 9:26 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69357>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/12/partyism/>

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Posted inpolitical parties 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,political polarization 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    “Romanticizing Democracy, Political Fragmentation, and the Decline
    of American Government” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69355>

Posted onDecember 23, 2014 9:25 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69355>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Oooh—new Rick Pildes 
<http://yalelawjournal.org/pdf/PildesPDF_r93catbu.pdf>in the YLJ.

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