[EL] more news 9/9/14

Tue Sep 9 15:27:49 PDT 2014

    First Report from 7th Circuit Suggests Reversal in Scott Walker/John
    Doe Campaign Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65186>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 3:22 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65186>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/federal-judges-question-why-john-doe-issue-before-them-b99347371z1-274535381.html>:

      A panel of three federal appeals judges on Tuesday questioned why
    they had been brought into a stalled criminal investigation into
    campaign activity by Gov. Scott Walker and conservative groups
    allied with him, saying it appeared to be a matter for state courts.

    "I don't understand why the federal courts at the micro-level would
    be brought in," said Diane Wood, chief judge of the U.S. 7th Circuit
    Court of Appeals.

    Later, she expressed uncertainty about taking "an invitation to butt
    into a state criminal proceeding."

This AP story 
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/lawsuit-walker-related-probe-argued-25377677>suggests 
Judge Easterbrook was similarly skeptical of federal court involvement.

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    "Kansas Senate Nom Sues Kobach To Get Himself Taken Off Ballot"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65182>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 3:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65182>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

TPM 
reports<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/taylor-sues-kobach-kansas-senate-race>onthis 
petition 
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/239218761/Kansas-Taylor-Kobach-Lawsuit>filed 
in the Supreme Court of Kansas.

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    Listen to the 7th Circuit Oral Argument in the WI "John Doe"
    Campaign Finance Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65180>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 2:58 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65180>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/lj.14-1822.14-1822_09_09_2014.mp3>. 
[corrected link]

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    "Anonymous Right-Wing Attack on DA Chisholm's Wife Is a New Low"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65178>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 2:40 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65178>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here, 
<http://expressmilwaukee.com/blog-10655-anonymous-right-wing-attack-on-da-chisholm%E2%80%99s-wife-is-a-new-low.html>commenting 
on District attorney's wife drove case against Wis. Gov. Walker, insider 
says 
<http://legalnewsline.com/news/251647-district-attorneys-wife-drove-case-against-wis-gov-walker-insider-says>.

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    #MSSEN McDaniel Challenge Expedited at MS Supreme Court
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65175>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 2:14 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65175>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://nmisscommentor.com/random-firings/mississippi-supreme-court-today-orders-that-the-mcdaniel-appeal-will-rocket-to-a-quick-conclusion/>.

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    Ga. Senator Millar Digs Deeper on African-American Voting: Prefers
    "More Educated Voters" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65172>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 2:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65172>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Earlier Ilinked to comments <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65154>in 
which a Ga. state senator opposed early Sunday voting before election 
day which he said would bring out more African American voters. (Steve 
Benenunpacks the comments 
<http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/georgia-republican-makes-the-case-against-sunday-voting>).

But now he's doubled down in a facebook commentreposted on Twitte 
<https://twitter.com/AlexRowell/status/509447252427821057/photo/1>r:

millar <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/millar.png>

Holy cow. We will hear more about this.

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    "Breaking: Fourth Circuit to hear expedited appeal of voting rights
    decision" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65170>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 12:32 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65170>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Progressive Pulse 
<http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2014/09/09/breaking-fourth-circuit-to-hear-expedited-appeal-of-voting-rights-decision/>: 
"In an order issued today, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has 
agreed to expedite an appeal of a lower court's refusal to block voting 
law changes from taking effect this November, and has scheduled argument 
on that appeal for September 25 in Charlotte."

Here 
<http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Voting-rights-4th-Cir-appeal-order.pdf>is 
the order, which also denied a motion for a preliminary injunction 
pending appeal.

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    "Scott Brown wants us to discuss whether or not he was a lobbyist.
    So we did." <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65168>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 11:53 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65168>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/08/scott-brown-wants-us-to-discuss-whether-or-not-he-was-a-lobbyist-okay/>

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    "Senate Moves Forward In Bid To Limit Campaign Funds"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65166>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 11:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65166>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Peter Overby reports 
<http://www.npr.org/2014/09/09/347017583/senate-moves-forward-in-bid-to-limit-campaign-funds>for 
NPR.

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    "Koch Brothers' Real Fear Revealed In Secret Audio: Liberal Money"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65164>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 9:53 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65164>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fascinating HuffPo report: 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/koch-brothers-democracy-a_n_5790896.html>

    At a private retreat on June 16 in Dana Point, California, Mark
    Holden, general counsel of Koch Industries, the Kochs' privately
    held company, delivered a disquisition on the overwhelming power of
    rich progressive donors lined up against the meager resources of the
    oil barons and their network of elite allies. His speech, an audio
    recording of which was obtained by Lauren Windsor
    <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-windsor/>'s YouTube show The
    Undercurrent <http://ladylibertine.net/2014/09/08/uto/> and provided
    exclusively to The Huffington Post, was titled "The Opposition:
    Understanding Their Strategy and Infrastructure."

    Holden's talk focused on the Democracy Alliance
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/06/AR2005080600848.html>,
    a network of wealthy liberal donors who strategically steer money
    <http://www.democracyalliance.org/> to a set of hand-picked
    progressive groups. Holden told those assembled that "we've been
    able to learn a lot more details about them in the last couple of
    months from documents that someone in the group, Democracy Alliance,
    left behind at their last seminar."

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    Quote of the Day, MayDay Edition <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65160>

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014 7:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65160>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

"I would not have a chance without the super PAC...Now I do."

---Jim Rubens 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/09/15480/new-hampshire-quixotic-super-pac-shaking-republican-primary>, 
"embracing the irony" of his support from Lessig's super pac to end all 
super pacs.

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