[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/8/15

Wed Apr 8 07:58:42 PDT 2015

    “Billionaire plans to target GOP presidential hopefuls”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71598>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 7:48 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71598>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USA Today 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/04/06/tom-steyer-2016-republican-presidential-candidates/25373425/>:

    Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer’s political aides unveiled a
    campaign Monday to target the 2016 Republican presidential field on
    climate-change issues in battleground states.

    At the center of Steyer’s strategy: linking the candidates to the
    billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, whose network has
    committed to spend nearly $900 million to advance its free-market
    agenda before the 2016 presidential election.

Glad we can let the billionaires all sort it out for us as to who should 
be president. Very helpful.

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    “Oversimplifying Corruption and the Power of Disgust”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71596>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 7:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71596>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bob Bauer withsome important points 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/04/oversimplifying-corruption-power-disgust/>on 
the connection between campaign finance reform and corruption, including 
some reflections on my draft paper,Why Isn’t Congress More Corrupt? A 
Preliminary Inquiry 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2585260>.

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Posted inbribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>,campaign finance 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,Supreme Court 
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    “With State Control, North Carolina Republicans Pursue Smaller
    Prizes” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71594>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 7:42 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71594>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/us/with-state-control-north-carolina-republicans-pursue-smaller-prizes.html>:

    In 2011, soon afterRepublicans won control
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/us/politics/04states.html>of the
    North Carolina General Assembly for the first time since
    Reconstruction, they set about redrawing congressional and state
    legislative districts to maximize their advantage, setting off legal
    challenges and bitter complaints from their rivals.

    But there is a new frontier in the battles over how democracy should
    work in North Carolina. And it is local.

    This session, bills introduced by Republican lawmakers would
    reconfigure a number of local government bodies around the state,
    prompting allegations that Republicans are gerrymandering and
    changing election rules at the city council and county commission
    levels.

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Posted inThe Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    “CLC Blog: Supreme Court, Meet Salomon Melgen and Senator Menendez”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71592>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 7:41 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71592>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Larry Noble blogs. 
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/blog/clc-blog-supreme-court-meet-salomon-melgen-and-senator-menendez>

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    New Voting Rights Challenge to Tuscon, AZ City Elections
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71589>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 7:36 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71589>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Complaint 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/tuscon-complaint.pdf>.

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    “Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Preserving the Nuance of a Suspended
    Section 5″ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71587>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 7:34 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71587>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://hamilton-griffin.com/guest-blog-janai-nelson-preserving-the-nuance-of-a-suspended-section-5/>, 
at Hamilton and Griffin on rights.

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    “The GOP base isn’t necessarily more extreme. But it is more
    dominant.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71585>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 7:33 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71585>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Aaron Blake 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/04/07/the-conservative-base-isnt-necessarily-more-polarized-it-is-more-dominant/?wpisrc=nl_politics&wpmm=1>for 
The Fix.

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    “Exclusive: New Ted Cruz Super-PACS Take in Record Haul”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71583>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 7:32 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71583>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports. 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-08/exclusive-new-ted-cruz-super-pacs-take-in-record-haul>

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    “Wisconsin Re-elects Liberal Judge, but Opens Door for Conservative
    Chief Justice” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71581>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 9:35 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71581>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/wisconsin-re-elects-liberal-judge-but-opens-door-for-conservative-chief-justice.html?ref=politics>

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elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>

    “To Get Ahead in Congress: Skip Governing, Raise Money; Just look at
    Aaron Schock.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71579>

Posted onApril 7, 2015 8:27 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71579>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Trevor Potter and Meredith McGehee write forPolitico. 
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/money-congress-schock-116699.html#.VSP3R9zF98G>

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