[EL] disclosure
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Apr 9 08:13:44 PDT 2015
What charge do I know is not true? I honestly don't know what
disclosure laws, if any, you believe are both constitutional and desirable.
On 4/9/2015 7:58 AM, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:
> 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 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.
>> >
>> > --
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>> UC Irvine School of Law
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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
> 949.824.3072 - office
> 949.824.0495 - fax
> rhasen at law.uci.edu
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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
949.824.3072 - office
949.824.0495 - fax
rhasen at law.uci.edu
hhttp://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/
http://electionlawblog.org
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