[EL] disclosure

[Steve Hoersting]

This is from my Phone, so I will try to be as succinct as I can:

I favor disclosure of funds that are direct contributions to candidates and
officeholders, as I favor disclosure of direct-to-officeholder lobbying.

In both cases, I do so to further the anti-corruption interest.

I do not favor disclosure of independent speech, which is why my
architecture for what would become "Super PACs" should have produced "Super
Groups."

(Coordination could be investigated via subpoena upon evidence of
reason-to-believe).

I do not favor the informational interest. Time has proven it to be the
'retribution interest.' And anonymous speech is a right that ought to be
recognized.

For the same reasons, or related reasons, I do not favor compelled
disclosure of grassroots lobbying.

I might change my mind were this another political era. But, for the span
of this life time, in this country, I favor compelled disclosure of
contributions to candidates and of direct lobbying to officeholders.

Steve
On Apr 8, 2015 4:31 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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