[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/20/14

Fri Jun 20 09:28:31 PDT 2014

    "I.R.S. Head Testifies Before Lawmakers on Missing Email"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62578>

Posted on June 20, 2014 9:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62578>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/us/koskinen-testifies-before-house-committee-in-tax-case.html?ref=politics>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law 
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    "Cochran Asking Blacks to Rescue Him in Republican Primary"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62576>

Posted on June 20, 2014 9:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62576>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/us/politics/cochran-asking-blacks-to-rescue-him-in-republican-primary.html?hp&_r=1>

    It is a remarkable political science experiment, and it also may be
    the only path to victory left to Mr. Cochran. But after being
    narrowly edged out by Mr. McDaniel, 41, in the Republican primary
    earlier this month, Mr. Cochran, 76, needs to expand the number of
    voters who will show up for the runoff, which is open to any
    Mississippi resident who did not vote in the Democratic primary. The
    winner on Tuesday will face former Representative Travis Childers, a
    conservative Democrat, in November.

    "We've got efforts reaching out to black voters in Mississippi who
    want to vote for Thad because they like what Thad is for," said
    Austin Barbour, a Cochran campaign adviser. "Thad Cochran is someone
    who, even with his conservative message, represents all of
    Mississippi. He's not some hostile screamer."

    But to many, the outreach seems like a long shot. Asked whether he
    could ever have imagined the possibility that African-Americans
    could play a defining role in a Republican race in a state where the
    two political parties are divided by race, Representative Bennie
    Thompson shook his head in disbelief. "If someone had told me that
    it would, I'd tell them they were on something," said Mr. Thompson,
    a Democrat and Mississippi's sole black member of Congress.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>

    "Commentaries: The Impact of McCutcheon v. FEC"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62573>

Posted on June 20, 2014 9:17 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62573>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Over at the Harvard Law Review Forum 
<http://harvardlawreview.org/roundtable/commentaries-the-impact-of-mccutcheon-v-fec/>:

  Commentaries: The Impact of /McCutcheon v. FEC/

    Three leading election-law practitioners discuss the practical
    import of the Court's latest campaign-finance decision

    After /McCutcheon/
    <http://harvardlawreview.org/2014/06/after-mccutcheon/>

The decision will likely help the political parties regain some power

By Jonathan S. Berkon 
<http://harvardlawreview.org/authors/jonathan-s-berkon/> & Marc E. Elias 
<http://harvardlawreview.org/authors/marc-e-elias/>

            Read More
            <http://harvardlawreview.org/2014/06/after-mccutcheon/>

    The Practical Consequences of /McCutcheon/
    <http://harvardlawreview.org/2014/06/the-practical-consequences-of-mccutcheon/>

The decision leaves our campaign finance system largely undisturbed

By Robert K. Kelner <http://harvardlawreview.org/authors/robert-k-kelner/>

            Read More
            <http://harvardlawreview.org/2014/06/the-practical-consequences-of-mccutcheon/>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "State Senators Know a Thing or Two about 'Citizens United'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62571>

Posted on June 20, 2014 9:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62571>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/state-senators-know-thing-or-two-about-citizens-united>.

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

    "Law Professor @RickHasen Lies" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62569>

Posted on June 20, 2014 8:53 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62569>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here <https://twitter.com/ElectionLawCtr/status/479952594040025088>. 
I invite readers to judge for themselves 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62528> the words of a lawyer who did not 
mention that his legal opinion was based on a trial court decision which 
had been vacated and that he ignored the interpretation of that statute 
by the state attorney general.

But now I am in the good company of Pam Karlan 
<http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2013/10/11/the-dangerous-dishonesty-of-possible-supreme-court-nominee-pam-karlan/>in 
the list of "liars."

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    "Wisconsin Governor at Center of a Vast Fund-Raising Case"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62567>

Posted on June 19, 2014 8:58 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62567>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/us/scott-walker-wisconsin-governor.html?hp>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    "Heart of John Doe dispute: Arcane, evolving campaign rules"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62565>

Posted on June 19, 2014 8:57 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62565>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Legal analysis 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/heart-of-john-doe-dispute-arcane-evolving-campaign-rules-b99295307z1-263912141.html>in 
the /Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel./

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    "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suspected of coordinating with outside
    groups" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62563>

Posted on June 19, 2014 8:55 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62563>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Matea Gold and Tom Hamburger report 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-suspected-of-coordinating-with-outside-groups/2014/06/19/1c176676-f7ea-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html> 
for WaPo.

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    "Prosecutors Allege Scott Walker At Center Of Campaign Finance
    Criminal Conspiracy" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62561>

Posted on June 19, 2014 8:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62561>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo reports. 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/scott-walker-investigation_n_5512463.html>

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chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    "What politicians really think about Citizens United: Guest
    commentary" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62559>

Posted on June 19, 2014 4:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62559>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Justin Levitt oped 
<http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20140619/what-politicians-really-think-about-citizens-united-guest-commentary> 
(discussing "The New Soft Money").

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Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    "IRS says liberal group too political for 'social welfare' status"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62557>

Posted on June 19, 2014 3:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62557>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI: 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/19/14974/irs-says-liberal-group-too-political-social-welfare-status>

    The Internal Revenue Service wasn't just targeting tea party
    organizations and other conservative groups that applied for
    tax-exempt status.

    The agency recently denied the application of a liberal group that
    played a prominent role in the failed re-election bid of Senate
    Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln in 2010.

    In a letter <http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/201424028.pdf> dated
    March, 19, 2014, and publicly released last week, the IRS told
    liberal group Arkansans for Common Sense that it did not qualify for
    tax-exempt status under Sec. 501(c)(4) of the U.S. tax code --- the
    section for organizations "operated exclusively for the promotion of
    social welfare."

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law 
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    "The Right to Vote" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62555>

Posted on June 19, 2014 1:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62555>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Via email:

    Today, the public radio program /Humankind/ released its new
    one-hour documentary, *The Right to Vote*, for free download. The
    broadcast--distributed worldwide by NPR this month and next-- can be
    heard at the podcast Humankind on Public Radio
    <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1403208035-17e8afd1e240fa799503b2e923559ff3-5c86637?pa=23406135483>,
    or at the /Humankind/ website: http://www.humanmedia.org/rtv/
    <https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1403208035-cebeeb188c6825c63c51de09b41c76b1-5c86637?pa=23406135483>

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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "FEC struggles to appoint top lawyer"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62553>

Posted on June 19, 2014 1:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62553>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/19/14953/fec-struggles-appoint-top-lawyer>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal 
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>

    "How the State of Wisconsin alleges Scott Walker aides violated the
    law, in 1 chart" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62551>

Posted on June 19, 2014 12:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62551>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Great chart 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/19/how-the-state-of-wisconsin-alleges-scott-walker-aides-violated-the-law-in-1-chart/> 
at The Fix.

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    "Perjury, voter fraud trial of former L.A. Councilman Richard
    Alarcon starts Thursday" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62549>

Posted on June 19, 2014 12:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62549>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /LA Daily News /reports. 
<http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140618/perjury-voter-fraud-trial-of-former-la-councilman-richard-alarcon-starts-thursday>

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Posted in residency <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=38>

    "Seattle man admits to voter fraud, intimidation in Palm Beach
    County" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62547>

Posted on June 19, 2014 12:26 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62547>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WPTV 
<http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/seattle-man-admits-to-voter-fraud-intimidation-in-palm-beach-county>:

    Justice will soon be served for hundreds of Florida voters, after a
    man from Washington state admitted that he tried to keep local
    Republicans from turning out in the 2012 presidential election. That
    man could soon be headed to prison.

    State and federal agencies first started looking into possible voter
    fraud in Palm Beach County in the fall of 2012.

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    "This is what happens when a campaign finance scholar runs for
    governor" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62545>

Posted on June 19, 2014 11:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62545>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WonkBlog 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/19/this-is-what-happens-when-a-campaign-finance-scholar-runs-for-governor/> 
talks to Zephyr Teachout.

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

    Sandler, Reiff Apparently Not a "White Shoe" Law Firm
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62543>

Posted on June 19, 2014 11:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62543>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico: <http://www.politico.com/politicoinfluence/>

    *NOT THAT KIND OF BIRKENSTOCK: *PI recently heard a great story
    about veteran campaign finance attorney *Joseph Birkenstock *being
    confused for a shoe salesman*. *Since joining *Sandler Reiff Lamb
    Rosenstein & Birkenstock* as a named partner recently, at least two
    people have called the firm about acquiring some sandals of the same
    name. The firm says that one confused person called looking for
    birkenstocks, leaving a message for Birkenstock, the attorney,
    asking about the shoes. The same person then later came into the
    Sandler Reiff office asking to actually see some shoes. "They walked
    in our law office, looking for shoes," emailed *David Mitrani, *an
    associate at the firm. "They left very confused, realizing that we
    aren't a store." A few weeks later, another person called Sandler
    Reiff asking if it was a Birkenstock supplier. So there you have it,
    folks. Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock can fulfill all
    your election law needs, but you'll have to go elsewhere for your
    footwear.

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