[EL] disclosure

[Steve Klein]

I'm personally on board, but have serious reservations about what
constitutes a "contribution" (thanks, Wisconsin), "PAC," etc., etc. I don't
know what constitutes proof, but I believe I've been clear about that in my
writing.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> I believe it is no strawman at all Allen. I doubt that Sean, Ben, Steve,
> Jim Bopp and many others who have chimed in about disclosure would agree
> that they support disclosure of large contributions to candidate
> committees, political parties, and PACs.
>
> I'd love to be proven wrong.
>
>
>
> On 4/8/15 1:16 PM, Allen Dickerson wrote:
>
>> "Opponents of disclosure" is, of course, a straw man. Many of us support
>> disclosure of large contributions to candidate committees, political
>> parties, and PACs. The question is whether other organizations, including
>> groups like CLC and the Pillar of Law Institute, should be subject to that
>> same standard.
>>
>> CLC is entitled to whatever voluntary disclosure policy it wishes. But,
>> to the extent it advocates the use of state power to impose similar
>> requirements on other nonprofit organizations, it should clarify the
>> standard.
>>
>> In that vein, it's worth noting that this discussion started with a
>> vaguely-written local news piece. Larry Noble is not directly quoted as
>> conflating the Institute with individuals seeking to influence elections.
>> Presumably he, and the other lawyers at CLC, would recognize the difference
>> between a public interest law firm and a PAC.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:
>> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Hasen
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 4:00 PM
>> To: law-election at UCI.edu
>> Subject: [EL] disclosure
>>
>> I find it fascinating how many opponents of disclosure seem to so keenly
>> interested in the Campaign Legal Center's disclosure policies.  It's
>> especially interesting given arguments from opponents that disclosure
>> provides no useful information and that privacy and anonymity are paramount.
>> I get the point of trying to show CLC as hypocrites (and I don't see that
>> they are in this regard at all).  But the effort is still comical and
>> ironic.
>>
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Steve Klein
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Pillar of Law Institute
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