[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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> Subject: Re: [EL] Wisconsin John Doe decision
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> 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
>
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> > 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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