[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/22/14
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed May 21 21:03:31 PDT 2014
"Gary Cohn, Pulitzer Winner, Says California's Top-Two System Has
Altered the Balance of Power Between Labor and Business"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61711>
Posted on May 21, 2014 9:00 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61711>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
BAN
<http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/05/gary-cohn-pulitzer-winner-says-californias-top-two-system-has-altered-the-balance-of-power-between-labor-and-business/>
explains and links.
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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,
political polarization <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>
"Is It Time to Give Term Limits to Supreme Court Justices? Our
highest court is now polarized along partisan lines in a way that
parallels other political institutions and the rest of society."
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61709>
Posted on May 21, 2014 8:52 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61709>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Norm
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/washington-inside-out/is-it-time-to-give-term-limits-to-supreme-court-justices-20140521>!
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
"Proven Innovations to Uphold Voting Rights for Overseas Voters"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61707>
Posted on May 21, 2014 8:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61707>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Drew Spencer writes
<http://www.fairvote.org/research-and-analysis/blog/proven-innovations-to-uphold-voting-rights-for-overseas-voters/>
for FairVote.
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Posted in military voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=48>
"Texas woman, 92, gets voter ID after struggle with state law"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61703>
Posted on May 21, 2014 7:53 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61703>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Unbelievable story
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/texas-officials-won-92-year-old-texas-woman-voter-id-article-1.1799344>.
And without publicity like this, many people will simply fall through
the cracks in Texas and get disenfranchised for no good reason
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/04/30/exorcising-the-voter-fraud-ghost/>.
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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,
The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Secretary of state campaign takes on a higher profile"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61701>
Posted on May 21, 2014 7:50 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61701>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP
<http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_25801333/secretary-state-campaign-takes-higher-profile>:
"SACRAMENTO --- A string of legal cases against lawmakers that include
two Democrats facing political corruption charges has magnified the
usually quiet race for the office overseeing California elections and
campaign fundraising."
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, election
administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
"How Political Insiders Control the Ballot"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61699>
Posted on May 21, 2014 5:20 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61699>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jeff Jacoby column
<http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/05/21/how-political-insiders-control-ballot/QGl3ku5kcuKwLHsfTui51I/story.html>
on ballot access and Rep. Conyers.
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Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, petition
signature gathering <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=39>
"State campaign finance laws are on borrowed time"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61697>
Posted on May 21, 2014 5:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61697>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
George Will column
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-f-will-federal-courts-are-taking-aim-at-state-campaign-restrictions/2014/05/21/ed3037b6-e04c-11e3-9743-bb9b59cde7b9_story.html?wprss=rss_george-will>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
An Unusual Order from the Supreme Court Delaying Execution, with
Lethal Injections Questions Looming
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61689>
Posted on May 21, 2014 4:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61689>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Via USA Today <http://t.co/SkqS4fOpVV> comes news of this just-released
order <https://t.co/3rckFgRRpz> of the Supreme Court. Richard Wolf of
USA Today notes that this order comes after the Court had refused to
block earlier executions using lethal injection, as questions mount
after a recent botched execution about the risks of the procedure for
causing prolonged pain before death.
Here is the order:
Screen Shot 2014-05-21 at 4.51.51 PM
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What's unusual about the order is the last sentence, leaving open the
question of allowing an evidentiary hearing on the safety of the
procedure in the lower courts. Andrew Cohen
<https://twitter.com/CBSAndrew/status/469263244159639552> remarks that
"On Bucklew, Missouri does not want an evidentiary hearing because it
will require state to find doctors who contest Bucklew doctors' claims."
But it is unusual for the Court to allow this kind of action in the
lower courts to continue while the Court considers a petition. Rather
than take the record as frozen, this will allow the Court to continue to
get factual information about the lethal injection protocol as it
considers the case. It seems to make sense, but I can't think of other
examples where the Court lets factual development go forward while it
considers a petition. I'm sure there are some, but I don't know of any
right now.
Famously in /Bush v. Gore/, the Court halted the counting of ballots
while it considered the merits of the recount.
UPDATE: Via Chris Geidne
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-stops-missouri-execution>r
comes news that the Court also denied a cert. petition at the Court,
thereby leaving the issue to run its full course in the 8th Circuit.
This makes the issue even more unusual, because you have the Court
suggesting that an evidentiary hearing would be a good idea while the
case remands in the hands of the lower courts. Kind of meddlesome by
Supreme Court standards.
SECOND UPDATE: A reader suggests that the inmate in this case has a rare
medical condition, which his lawyers allege would cause great pain at
death. So it is possible this case is /sui generis/, and that it does
not say anything broader about the lethal injection protocol. Even so,
the hint for the evidentiary hearing remains unusual.
FINAL UPDATE: Nuance and context from Lyle Denniston
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/05/execution-delayed-in-unusual-case/#more-211643>.
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
"Arkansas Voters Complain About Quizzing By Poll Workers Checking
IDs" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61687>
Posted on May 21, 2014 2:16 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61687>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
TPM reports.
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/arkansas-voter-id-quizzes>
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voter id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
"Shedding Light on Dark Money" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61685>
Posted on May 21, 2014 1:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61685>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ruth Marcus WaPo column
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ruth-marcus-shedding-light-on-dark-money/2014/05/20/e1a111f6-e036-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html>.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Lobbyists find mixed reception running for office, but a few have
won elections" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61683>
Posted on May 21, 2014 1:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61683>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lobbyists-find-mixed-reception-running-for-office-but-a-few-have-won-elections/2014/05/18/2d0343de-db74-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html>.
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Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, lobbying
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
"Who's bankrolling secretive liberal group America Votes?"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61681>
Posted on May 21, 2014 1:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61681>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Dems play dark money game
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/05/21/14791/who-s-bankrolling-secretive-liberal-group-america-votes>
better this cycle. Sigh.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Building a Record for the Next Court"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61679>
Posted on May 21, 2014 1:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61679>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Renata Strause and Dan Tokaji have posted this draft
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2427679> on SSRN.
Here is the abstract:
Prepared for Symposium on "The Future of Campaign Finance Reform"
hosted by the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy
and Center on Law, Race, and Politics.
This article considers the evidence that should be collected and
developed to support the next generation of campaign finance reform
before the next Supreme Court. It discusses but ultimately sidesteps
theoretical debates over rationales for reform, focusing instead on
the practical questions likely to be faced by future policymakers,
lawyers, and expert witnesses. Drilling down into the ample
evidentiary record in McConnell v. Federal Election Commission, the
article addresses the evidence that should be amassed by supporters
of future regulation. This type of evidentiary record will be
essential both in formulating the next generation of campaign
finance reforms and in defending them in court. The article argues
that, regardless of whether one favors an anti-corruption or
egalitarian rationale for regulation, the evidentiary record should
focus on conflicts of interest -- in particular, on whether a
reasonable legislator would feel pressure to act in way that is
different from the preferences of her constituents or the public
interest. This is something more than a showing of unequal access,
but something less than a showing of actual influence on
policymaking. In the near term, these suggestions are designed to
help define a research agenda for qualitative and quantitative
empirical researchers. In the long term, they offer a roadmap for
legislators shaping and lawyers defending future regulations before
a Supreme Court less reflexively antagonistic to reform than the
current one.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
"Tea Party congressman suggests only property owners should vote"
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61677>
Posted on May 21, 2014 1:25 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61677>by
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Yoho LOL
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/tea-party-congressman-ted-yoho-voting-suggestion>.
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Posted in voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
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