[EL] Hasen's new book
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Thu Apr 2 09:21:29 PDT 2015
Great title, Rick!
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Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> , 4/2/2015 10:55 AM:
Menendez indictment marks first big corruption case involving a super PAC”
Posted on April 2, 2015 7:52 am by Rick Hasen
Must-read Matea Gold in WaPo:
“You just see that everything that goes on behind the scenes confirms people’s worst fears: that someone can swear that there’s no quid pro quo and no deals, but it’s very hard to know if that’s true, and it depends in your confidence in politicians to tell the truth,” said Richard L. Hasen, a law professor at the University of California at Irvine who studies campaign finance regulation.,,,
But advocates of loosening campaign finance restrictions said that just because Melgen may have thought he could influence Menendez through super PAC donations does not mean the senator actually was compromised, even if he knew about the donations.
“Gratitude is not corruption,” said conservative election law attorney James Bopp Jr. “Was there an exchange that is related to the super PAC? And if there was, then it would be corrupting. . . . But there is nothing inherently corrupting in somebody who wants favors or likes somebody giving money to super PAC.”
We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote in the decision.
“There is only scant evidence that independent expenditures even ingratiate,” he added. “Ingratiation and access, in any event, are not corruption.”
Hasen said that the Menendez case shows the court’s flawed logic. “It’s impossible to ensure independence, because a deal like this could have been kept secret from the super PAC,” he said.
Posted in bribery, campaign finance, Supreme Court “Plutocrats United,” to Be Released in January, Now Available for Preorder
Posted on April 2, 2015 7:48 am by Rick Hasen
I’m thrilled to announce that Amazon is now accepting pre-orders for my book, due out Jan. 2016,Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections. From the description of the book on the Yale University Press website:
Campaign financing is one of today’s most divisive political issues. The left asserts that the electoral process is rife with corruption. The right protests that the real aim of campaign limits is to suppress political activity and protect incumbents. Meanwhile, money flows freely on both sides. In Plutocrats United, Richard Hasen argues that both left and right avoid the key issue of the new Citizens United era: balancing political inequality with free speech.
The Supreme Court has long held that corruption and its appearance are the only reasons to constitutionally restrict campaign funds. Progressives often agree but have a much broader view of corruption. Hasen argues for a new focus and way forward: if the government is to ensure robust political debate, the Supreme Court should allow limits on money in politics to prevent those with great economic power from distorting the political process.
Posted in campaign finance, Plutocrats United, Supreme Court “Taxpayers paid portion of Cruz’s political trips”
Posted on April 2, 2015 7:43 am by Rick Hasen
USA Today reports.
Posted in campaign finance, campaigns “Candidates Who Mock the Law”
Posted on April 2, 2015 7:28 am by Rick Hasen
WaPo editorial.
Posted in campaign finance, federal election commission “Broken FEC is making a mockery of campaign finance laws”
Posted on April 2, 2015 7:28 am by Rick Hasen
Craig Holman has written this Sacramento Bee oped.
Posted in campaign finance, federal election commission “In Aldermanic Races Fueled by Big Money, Top Fundraiser Wins 93% of the Time”
Posted on April 2, 2015 7:27 am by Rick Hasen
New report from Illinois PIRG.
Posted in campaign finance “Protest at the Supreme Court. Only problem? Few reporters were there to see it.”
Posted on April 2, 2015 7:23 am by Rick Hasen
Al Kamen writes at WaPo.
Posted in campaign finance, Supreme Court “Constitution Check: Who has a right to speak up in the Supreme Court?”
Posted on April 2, 2015 7:20 am by Rick Hasen
Lyle Denniston blogs.
Posted in campaign finance, Supreme Court Garrett Epps on the SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Case
Posted on April 1, 2015 5:04 pm by Rick Hasen
Here.
Posted in Uncategorized Alan Morrison on the SCOTUS Alabama Redistricting Case
Posted on April 1, 2015 5:03 pm by Rick Hasen
Here.
Posted in Uncategorized “Wichita State mathematician sues Kris Kobach, Sedgwick County elections commisioner seeking court order to audit voting machines”
Posted on April 1, 2015 4:49 pm by Rick Hasen
News from Kansas.
Posted in Uncategorized Video of @99Rise Campaign Finance Protest Inside Supreme Court Today
Posted on April 1, 2015 4:47 pm by Rick Hasen
Posted in campaign finance, Supreme Court “The U.S. Attorney’s Troubling Decision in the Lois Lerner Case”
Posted on April 1, 2015 4:37 pm by Rick Hasen
Michael Stern blogs.
Posted in legislation and legislatures, tax law and election law “DOJ: No contempt charges for former IRS official Lois Lerner; She is still under investigation for a separate tea party targeting matter”
Posted on April 1, 2015 2:37 pm by Rick Hasen
Politico reports.
Posted in campaign finance, Department of Justice, tax law and election law “Senator Robert Menendez Indicted on Corruption Charges”
Posted on April 1, 2015 1:11 pm by Rick Hasen
Here we go. Update: The indictment.
Among the allegations: corruption with large donor funneling money to supposedly independent Super PAC.
Posted in chicanery “Trucking and Rail Industries Turn State Troopers Into Unwitting Lobbyists”
Posted on April 1, 2015 12:49 pm by Rick Hasen
Fascinating NYT report.
Posted in legislation and legislatures, lobbying “Kasich cuts Republican-backed link between voting and driver’s licenses”
Posted on April 1, 2015 12:47 pm by Rick Hasen
Columbus Dispatch: “In a rebuke of fellow Republicans, Gov. John Kasich used his line-item veto authority today to kill language that would have required out-of-state college students who register to vote in Ohio to quickly obtain in-state licenses and vehicle registrations.”
Posted in election administration, The Voting Wars Solum on Hasen on Voting Fraud
Posted on April 1, 2015 12:45 pm by Rick Hasen
Perfect for April 1.
Posted in election law "humor"
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