[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/9/15

Thu Apr 9 07:28:50 PDT 2015

    Will Ted Cruz Super-PACs Usher in New Frontier of Donor Influence?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71624>

Posted onApril 9, 2015 7:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71624>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg Politics. 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-09/will-ted-cruz-super-pacs-usher-in-new-frontier-of-donor-influence->

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    “Corrupt and Unequal, Both” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71622>

Posted onApril 9, 2015 7:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71622>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Larry Lessig 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2587018>in the 
Fordham Law Review symposium, coming closer to my position about the 
dangers of inequality from the campaign finance system. Here is the 
abstract:

    The debate about the nature of the corruption of the American
    democracy presents a false choice. This essay shows the connection
    between the conception of corruption that properly describes the
    United States government, and the conception of equality that
    corruption entails.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,Supreme 
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    “In short, not a good day at the office for Detzner but likely a
    very good day for OVR in Florida.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71620>

Posted onApril 9, 2015 7:17 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71620>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Chapin 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2015/04/this_is_so_much_bs_fl_legislat.php>on 
Fla. SOS bullshit.

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter registration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>,voting technology 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=40>

    “Voting Rights Proposals Could Affect 2016 Elections”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71618>

Posted onApril 9, 2015 7:14 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71618>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Project Vote 
<http://www.projectvote.org/blog/2015/04/voting-rights-proposals-could-affect-2016-elections/?utm_content=buffere7b90&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer>.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>

    “Are lobbyists about to be hit with Gucci-wearing tax?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71616>

Posted onApril 9, 2015 7:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71616>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The lates 
<http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/are-lobbyists-about-to-be-hit-with-gucci-wearing-tax/2224624>t 
from Fla.

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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>

    Florida Legislator Proposes Amendment Adding Emoticon to Bill
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71614>

Posted onApril 9, 2015 7:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71614>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

It is awinking smiley. 
<http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/7013/Amendment/669864/PDF>

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    “‘Super PACs’ Network Quickly Raises $31 Million for Ted Cruz”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71612>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 4:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71612>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/us/super-pacs-network-quickly-raises-31-million-for-ted-cruz.html?ref=politics>.

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    Wow: WI Chief Justice Sues Other Justices in Federal Court to Keep
    Chief Justice Position <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71610>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 3:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71610>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/abrahamson-sues-to-keep-her-job-for-four-more-years-b99477837z1-299102921.html>

    A day after voters approved changing the state constitution to allow
    members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to elect their leader, Chief
    Justice Shirley Abrahamson on Wednesday sued the six other members
    of the court to hold onto her job.

    Supporters of the measure — whichpassed 53% to 47%
    <http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/voters-back-amendment-on-chief-justice-selection-b99475888z1-298998481.html>—
    had said it would help heal relations on a court that has been
    marked by personal and ideological clashes in recent years.

    Abrahamson, thelongest-serving justice
    <http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/shirley-abrahamson-is-now-states-longestserving-supreme-court-justice-h69h5j2-202592581.html>in
    Wisconsin history, filed her lawsuit in federal court in Madison. In
    it, she contends she should be able to remain chief justice until
    her term on the court ends in July 2019.

(h/tThe Political Environment 
<http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2015/04/on-shirley-abrahamson.html>)

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    “Senator literally calls bulls— on testimony by Gov. Scott’s aide”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71608>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 2:50 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71608>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Tampa Bay Times 
<http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/senator-literally-calls-bulls----on-testimony-by-gov-scotts-aide/2224623>: 
“It was a rough day Wednesday for Gov. Rick Scott’s top elections 
official, Secretary of State Ken Detzner, who for the first time 
publicly warned the Legislature not to create an online voter 
registration form by October 2017.”

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    Novel Legal Theory in Christie-Related Bridgegate Indictments?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71606>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 2:19 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71606>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/nyregion/indictments-may-be-near-in-george-washington-bridge-scandal.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1>:

    People close to the case say prosecutors are likelyto bring charges
    based on a rarely used provision of a fraud statute
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/12/nyregion/in-george-washington-bridge-case-prosecutors-could-use-fraud-statute-to-charge-christie-associates.html>,
    under which they would argue that Mr. Christie’s associates used the
    bridge, or thePort Authority of New York and New Jersey
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/p/port_authority_of_new_york_and_new_jersey/index.html?inline=nyt-org>,
    which runs it, for a purpose other than its intended one. In the
    case of the bridge, the closings were apparently meant to punish
    Mayor Mark Sokolich of Fort Lee, a Democrat, after he declined to
    endorse the governor’s re-election bid in 2013.

What is less certain is whether prosecutors will find crimes in the 
other ways Mr. Christie used his powers in the service of political 
ambition. He used Port Authority money to fill holes in his budget; his 
lieutenants doled out flags and steel from the remnants of the World 
Trade Center to woo mayors whose endorsements they sought. An office of 
“intergovernmental affairs” worked to cultivate endorsements, all in the 
hopes that the governor could use a huge winning margin to argue that he 
was the Republican most likely to win the White House in 2016.

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    “TV Ad Spending Tops $1.1 Million in WI Supreme Court Contests”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71604>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 1:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71604>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Release 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/press-release/tv-ad-spending-tops-11-million-wi-supreme-court-contests>.

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    Jonathan Bernstein Says A Constitutional Convention the Worst Idea
    in American Politics <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71602>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 12:39 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71602>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-08/bernstein-constitutional-convention-is-a-terrible-idea>. 
I’d like to see him duke it out over this withSandy Levinson 
<http://balkin.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-runaway-convention-red-herring.html>.

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    “Inevitable Censorship in Democracy21’s Proposed ‘Anti-Coordination’
    Law” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71600>

Posted onApril 8, 2015 8:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71600>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Pillar of Law. 
<https://www.pillaroflaw.org/index.php/free-political-speech/entry/inevitable-censorship-in-democracy21s-proposed-anti-coordination-law>

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