[EL] disclosure

[Rick Hasen]

*That's* the kind of answer I was expecting from you Jim. Thank you very 
much.


On 4/9/2015 7:28 AM, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:
> After giving Rick's question (charge) all of the thought it deserves, 
> I think that only "reform" groups should have to disclose their 
> donors. After all, in the "reformers" (dream) world, harassment of 
> donors doesn't exist, so no problem. And Senator McConnell would be 
> interested in them just in case one of them asks Congress for a tax 
> break or something.
> But no cheep skate disclosure, Trevor, but total amount of annual 
> contributions, occupation and employer for all contributors beginning 
> at $25, since "reformers" seem so interested in who the little guy is 
> contributing to.  Jim Bopp
> In a message dated 4/8/2015 4:31:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
>
>     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.
>     >
>     > --
>     > Rick Hasen
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Rick Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
UC Irvine School of Law
401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
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rhasen at law.uci.edu
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