[EL] Wisconsin John Doe decision

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed May 7 12:08:44 PDT 2014


I think everyone needs to cool it on the snark.  We were doing very well 
discussing substance.

Rather than phrase points with sarcasm, say what you mean directly.



On 5/7/14, 12:05 PM, Josh Orton wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>
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>     Of Trevor Potter
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>     To: David Keating
>     Cc: Law-election at department-lists.uci.edu
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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.
>
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