[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/6/14

Wed Mar 5 20:21:51 PST 2014

    "New Democratic Strategy Goes After Koch Brothers"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59286>

Posted on March 5, 2014 8:20 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59286>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

It's official. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/us/politics/new-democratic-strategy-goes-after-koch-brothers.html?ref=politics>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, political parties 
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    Why Did Democrats Bring Up Adegbile for Vote without Accurate Whip
    Count? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59284>

Posted on March 5, 2014 8:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59284>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Updated NYT account 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/us/politics/senate-rejects-obama-nominee-linked-to-abu-jamal-case.html?ref=politics&_r=0>:

    But it was the votes of seven Democratic senators to reject Mr.
    Adegbile that doomed the nomination despite what White House
    officials described as a sustained closed-door effort by Mr. Obama
    and his top aides to save it. The president personally appealed to
    Senate Democrats at a recent caucus meeting and made several calls
    to Democratic senators in the last week, officials said. Vice
    President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Denis R. McDonough, the White
    House chief of staff, continued making calls Tuesday night and
    Wednesday morning.**

    White House officials said they believed until Wednesday morning
    that the nomination would succeed, a vote count that proved
    disastrously wrong. Top aides to Mr. Obama were "furious" at the
    Democratic senators who voted against Mr. Adegbile, one senior
    official said.

    Senior congressional Democrats were incredulous about the White
    House's surprise. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader,
    called Mr. McDonough at 10 p.m. Tuesday to inform him the votes were
    not there. He made the same call Wednesday morning, also informing
    the attorney general. The White House pressed forward anyway.

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>

    "Judge rules against Iowa elections chief in battle over voter
    rolls" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59282>

Posted on March 5, 2014 7:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59282>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Radio Iowa reports 
<http://www.radioiowa.com/2014/03/05/judge-rules-against-iowa-elections-chief-in-battle-over-voter-rolls/>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
fraudulent fraud squad <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=8>, The Voting 
Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    "Harkin: DOJ Civil Rights Nominee Would Have Been Confirmed If He
    Was White" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59280>

Posted on March 5, 2014 7:06 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59280>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo reports 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/tom-harkin-doj-civil-rights-nominee_n_4907866.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016>.  
I have no doubt about that.

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, 
Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "Muzzling the IRS" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59278>

Posted on March 5, 2014 7:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59278>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Norm Ornstein's latest. 
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/washington-inside-out/muzzling-the-irs-20140305>

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

    Andrew Cohen Ably Makes the Race Case in the Adegbile Debacle
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59276>

Posted on March 5, 2014 5:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59276>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/2014-senate-race-baiting-sinks-a-nomination-for-civil-rights-chief/284242/#>.

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>

    "One Hour After Opposing Top Voting Rights Lawyer, Senator
    Fundraises Off Voting Rights" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59274>

Posted on March 5, 2014 4:38 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59274>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Think Progress. 
<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/03/05/3365481/one-hour-after-opposing-top-voting-rights-lawyer-senator-fundraises-off-voting-rights/#>

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, 
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    "Money in politics: legal experts contemplate the four years since
    Citizens United ruling" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59272>

Posted on March 5, 2014 3:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59272>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Report 
<http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/money-in-politics-legal-experts-contemplate-the-four-years-since-citizens-united-ruling> 
on Stetson conference.

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

    Lithwick on Adegbile <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59270>

Posted on March 5, 2014 3:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59270>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must-read. 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/03/debo_adegbile_senate_blocks_obama_s_pick_to_head_the_justice_department.html>

The only thing I think missing from this is the relevance of Mr. 
Adegbile's race in all of this---that may be just as significant as the 
"cop-killing" meme.

ANOTHER 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/03/debo_adegbile_senate_blocks_obama_s_pick_to_head_the_justice_department.html>GREAT 
READ from Jesse Wegman.

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>

    "Super PACs, nonprofits fueling GOP strife"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59268>

Posted on March 5, 2014 3:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59268>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/03/05/14288/super-pacs-nonprofits-fueling-gop-strife>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, political 
polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>

    "IRS Hearing Begins With Refusals To Answer --- And Ends In
    Shouting" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59266>

Posted on March 5, 2014 2:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59266>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Peter Overby reports 
<http://www.npr.org/2014/03/05/286387590/irs-hearing-begins-with-refusals-to-answer-and-ends-in-shouting>for 
NPR.

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

    NYT on the Adegbile Vote <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59264>

Posted on March 5, 2014 1:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59264>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/us/politics/senate-rejects-obama-nominee-linked-to-abu-jamal-case.html?ref=politics>

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Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>

    "Video: Meredith McGehee on the Impact of McCutcheon v FEC on
    Business Executives" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59262>

Posted on March 5, 2014 11:33 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59262>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Watch 
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=548:video-meredith-mcgehee-on-the-impact-of-mccutcheon-v-fec-on-business-executives>.

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

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