[EL] disclosure

Thu Apr 9 07:58:51 PDT 2015

Well, then, please don't drag me gratuatousy into one of your fights  with 
a charge that you already know is not true.  Jim 

In a message dated 4/9/2015 10:31:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:

*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_ (mailto: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_ (mailto: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.
>
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> 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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