[EL] Wisconsin John Doe decision

[Josh Orton]

You're totally right - sunlight is the best disinfectant. I've made it my
practice to always violate court orders by leaking to actual named news
reporters instead of anonymous opinion pages.


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Bill Maurer <wmaurer at ij.org> wrote:

> So, the targets of this investigation are at fault because they "leaked"
> information to the WSJ?
>
> But I thought "sunlight" was the best "disinfectant."
>
> I would think that "sunlight" of what appears to be a
> politically-motivated use of law enforcement in secret proceedings is
> exactly the kind of thing that should be given public scrutiny or else the
> people will lose confidence in the political process and believe that the
> government is not working in their best interest but in the best interest
> of unidentified entities with political pull.  But I guess that principle
> only applies to $25 donations to initiative campaigns and not police
> raiding someone's house in the middle of the night because they supported
> the wrong candidate.  Apparently, that can and should remain absolutely
> secret.
>
> Does anyone have a list of when sunlight is and is not the best
> disinfectant?  I mean, besides medicine and cleaning and pretty much any
> other time one might be tempted to use sunlight to disinfect anything.
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Trevor Potter
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 11:23 AM
> To: David Keating
> Cc: Law-election at department-lists.uci.edu
> Subject: Re: [EL] Wisconsin John Doe decision
>
> David writes:" What happened in WI was outrageous and I hope it will get
> the attention it deserves.  Those who orchestrated this hopefully will be
> held accountable."
>
> For a moment I thought this outrage was aimed at those who set out to
> circumvent ( the Judge's word)  WI campaign finance law  by coordinating
> advertising with a candidate for public office while seeking to avoid
> contribution limits, and then leaked secret information about a law
> enforcement investigation in an attempt to circumvent that too. But I guess
> not....
>
> Trevor Potter
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On May 7, 2014, at 12:38 PM, "David Keating" <
> dkeating at campaignfreedom.org> wrote:
> >
> > What happened in WI was outrageous and I hope it will get the attention
> it deserves.  Those who orchestrated this hopefully will be held
> accountable.
>
> <- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> To
> ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that,
> unless specifically indicated otherwise, any tax advice contained in this
> communication (including any
> attachments) was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used,
> for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal
> Revenue Code, or (ii)  promoting, marketing, or recommending to another
> party any tax-related matter addressed herein.
>
> This message is for the use of the intended recipient only.  It is from a
> law firm and may contain information that is privileged and confidential.
>  If you are not the intended recipient any disclosure, copying, future
> distribution, or use of this communication is prohibited.  If you have
> received this communication in error, please advise us by return e-mail, or
> if you have received this communication by fax advise us by telephone and
> delete/destroy the document.
> <-->
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Law-election mailing list
> Law-election at department-lists.uci.edu
> http://department-lists.uci.edu/mailman/listinfo/law-election
>
>
> --
> BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 04LX6o7Qe) is spam:
> Spam:
> https://antispam.roaringpenguin.com/canit/b.php?i=04LX6o7Qe&m=63dbdb61f6f1&t=20140507&c=s
> Not spam:
> https://antispam.roaringpenguin.com/canit/b.php?i=04LX6o7Qe&m=63dbdb61f6f1&t=20140507&c=n
> Forget vote:
> https://antispam.roaringpenguin.com/canit/b.php?i=04LX6o7Qe&m=63dbdb61f6f1&t=20140507&c=f
> ------------------------------------------------------
> END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
>
> _______________________________________________
> Law-election mailing list
> Law-election at department-lists.uci.edu
> http://department-lists.uci.edu/mailman/listinfo/law-election
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://webshare.law.ucla.edu/Listservs/law-election/attachments/20140507/2c6b12eb/attachment.html>