[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/29/14

Thu May 29 07:16:27 PDT 2014

    "A constitutional amendment wouldn't really limit the power of money
    in politics" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61845>

Posted on May 29, 2014 7:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61845>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Mark Schmitt writes 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/05/29/a-constitutional-amendment-wouldnt-really-limit-the-power-of-money-in-politics/> 
at The Monkey Cage.

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

    "Kobach files for re-election vowing continued fight for state
    sovereignty" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61843>

Posted on May 29, 2014 7:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61843>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News 
<http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/may/28/kobach-files-re-election-will-be-taken-air-his-rad/> 
from Kansas.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    Bauer Responds on Whether He's Supporting the RNC Soft Money Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61841>

Posted on May 29, 2014 6:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61841>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/05/circling-back-full-360-rnc-libertarian-party-lawsuits/>.

(And note that Bob objects to calling it a "soft money" case.)

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

    Linda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court and Ideological Polarization
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61839>

Posted on May 28, 2014 6:56 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61839>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/opinion/greenhouse-polar-vision.html?_r=0>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>, Voting Rights Act 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    California Appellate Court Rejects Palmdale Challenge to California
    Voting Rights Act Injunction <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61836>

Posted on May 28, 2014 5:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61836>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can find the opinion here 
<http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B251793.PDF>. Justice Mosk, 
concurring but expressing some doubts, adds this footnote: "It does seem 
incongruous that the injunction perpetuates those in office who were 
selected by what is deemed to be an election that violated the law and 
prevents the seating of a minority candidate who was elected at the last 
election."

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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    "CA's Leading GOP Candidate for Sec. of State Remains Vague on
    Polling Place Photo ID Laws" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61834>

Posted on May 28, 2014 5:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61834>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brad Blog <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10653>.

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

    Creeley on Attempted FOIA of Laycock Emails
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61832>

Posted on May 28, 2014 5:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61832>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.thefire.org/foia-request-for-uva-law-prof-records-threatens-academic-freedom/>.

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Posted in academic freedom <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=92>

    Lithwick on the Attempted FOIA of Laycock
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61830>

Posted on May 28, 2014 5:17 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61830>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/05/douglas_laycock_gets_smeared_lgbtq_groups_attack_on_the_university_of_virginia.html>.

And see my earlier commiseration <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61768>.

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Posted in academic freedom <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=92>

    "Scientists: Florida's congressional map is 'partisan gerrymander'"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61828>

Posted on May 28, 2014 4:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61828>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Some choice quotes 
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/blogs/political-pulse/os-cal-tech-scientist-floridas-congressional-map-is-partisan-gerrymander-20140527,0,874321.post>from 
political scientists on the bias of the Florida maps.

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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>, 
redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

    Registration Now Open for 4th Annual UCI LAW SCOTUS Term in Review
    Event <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61826>

Posted on May 28, 2014 1:42 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61826>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A great lineup 
<http://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/2014.html> once 
again! Here are the details:

  4th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review

/Thursday, July 10, 2014, 12:00--1:30 P.M.
UCI Student Center, Pacific Ballroom (Map 
<http://www.studentcenter.uci.edu/files/map-directions-sc.pdf>)/

This exciting and entertaining program reviews the Supreme Court's key 
cases decided in the October 2013 term, with an all-star panel of 
Supreme Court practitioners, journalists, and academics.

    Panelists

  * Jennifer Chacón
    <http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chacon/index.html>, UCI Law
  * Erwin Chemerinsky <http://www.law.uci.edu/about/deans-office/>, UCI Law
  * Jeffrey Fisher
    <http://www.law.stanford.edu/profile/jeffrey-l-fisher>, Stanford Law
    School
  * Dahlia Lithwick <http://www.slate.com/authors.dahlia_lithwick.html>,
    Slate
  * Bert Rein
    <http://www.wileyrein.com/professionals.cfm?sp=bio&id=164>, Wiley
    Rein LLP
  * Mark Sherman
    <http://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/MarkSherman.pdf>,
    The Associated Press
  * Moderated by Rick Hasen
    <http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/index.html>, UCI Law

CLE credit will be available. The event will also be webcast, with 
viewers able to submit questions via Twitter, using the hash tag 
*#ucilawscotus* at the end of your question.

*Registration is now open. Click here to register 
<https://ucisl.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/SupremeCourtTerminReview2014/tabid/539210/Default.aspx>*

*Please note:* Box lunches, available for purchase for Non-UCI students, 
faculty, and staff, should be purchased ahead of time on the 
registration page 
<https://ucisl.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/SupremeCourtTerminReview2014/tabid/539210/Default.aspx>. 
/(UCI students, faculty, and staff must register with their university 
e-mail account to receive their complimentary lunch.)/

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

    Federal District Court Denies $2 Million Attorneys Fees Request to
    Shelby County Plaintiffs <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61823>

Posted on May 28, 2014 1:18 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61823>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

You can find Judge Bates' 35-page thoughtful opinion here 
<http://t.co/eCZMDOd7Nk> (via Mike Scarcella 
<https://twitter.com/MikeScarcella/status/471744823519883264>). The 
judge's main point is that Congress did not intend attorneys fees in 
cases in which a plaintiff was not enforcing voting rights under the 
Fifteenth Amendment but instead was seeking to /overturn/ a 
congressional statute enforcing voting rights.

It seems a sensible result to me, but it raises a number of issues of 
first impression, so there could be an appeal.

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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>

    Justice Alito's Apparent Statistical Errors in Death Penalty IQ Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61821>

Posted on May 28, 2014 1:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61821>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important WSJ Law Blog report. 
<http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/05/28/justice-alitos-statistics-lesson-misses-the-mark-in-recent-dissent-experts-say/>

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

    "Maine ethics panel imposes record fine on National Organization for
    Marriage" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61819>

Posted on May 28, 2014 12:35 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61819>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Morning Sentinel offers this report 
<http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/Maine_election_panel_imposes_record_fine_on_National_Organization_for_Marriage_.html>, 
with the subhead: "The vote compels the nonprofit to disclose donors 
from the 2009 campaign to overturn the same-sex marriage law, but the 
organization says it will appeal."

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

    "AP source: Walker in talks to end campaign probe"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61817>

Posted on May 28, 2014 11:38 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61817>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-source-walker-talks-end-campaign-probe>: 
"A person close to an investigation of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's 
campaign and other conservative groups said Wednesday that Walker's 
attorney is talking with the lead investigator about a possible 
settlement that would end the probe."

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    "Ready for Hillary PAC: Goes Hybrid: Ready to Donate"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61815>

Posted on May 28, 2014 11:34 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61815>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports. 
<http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2014-05-28/ready-hillary-pac-ready-donate/>

MORE 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/hillary-clinton-ready-for-hillary-pac-fec-status-change-2014-107162.html?hp=l13> 
from Politico.

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    "Using the First Amendment to Shut Others Up"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61813>

Posted on May 28, 2014 11:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61813>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Paul Jossey blogs 
<http://thereplawyer.blogspot.com/2014/05/using-first-amendment-to-shut-others-up.html>.

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

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UC Irvine School of Law
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