[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/21/15
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Tue Apr 21 07:31:12 PDT 2015
“Struggling to remember the name of Jeb Bush’s super PAC? Here’s
why” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71906>
Posted onApril 21, 2015 7:26 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71906>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Reuters reports.
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/21/us-usa-election-names-idUSKBN0NC0CL20150421>
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“Campaign finance system is broken says GOP super-lawyer Jim Bopp”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71904>
Posted onApril 21, 2015 7:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71904>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
You won’t be shocked
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/21/17186/campaign-finance-system-broken-says-gop-super-lawyer-jim-bopp>at
Jim’s proposed solution: even less regulation.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“Bush Preparing to Delegate Many Campaign Tasks to Super PAC”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71902>
Posted onApril 21, 2015 7:21 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71902>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Important AP report.
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/bush-preparing-delegate-campaign-tasks-super-pac-30464016?singlePage=true>
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“New Settlement Ends Ohio Early Voting Dispute”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71900>
Posted onApril 21, 2015 7:20 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71900>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
A ChapinBlog.
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2015/04/new_settlement_ends_ohio_early.php>
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
Jeb Bush Gets Audition for Koch Brothers Primary
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71896>
Posted onApril 21, 2015 7:16 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71896>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Playbook <http://www.politico.com/playbook/0415/playbook17969.html>:
*EXCLUSIVE:*Charles and David Koch are considering throwing their
massive wealth and sophisticated organization into the Republican
presidential primary for the first time, a potentially game-changing
boost that could make even a second-tier candidate instantly viable.
In another surprise, a top Koch aide revealed to Playbook that Jeb
Bush will be given a chance to audition for the brothers’ support,
despite initial skepticism about him at the top of the Kochs’
growing political behemoth.
Amazing non-candidate Bush has time for it with headlining at47
fundraisers
<http://politicalpartytime.org/blog/2015/04/20/pt-round-up-jeb-bush-has-five-fundraisers-baseball-brings-out-the-bucks-politicians-party-during-jazzfest-and-republican-presidential-hopefuls-head-to-iowa/>for
his Super PAC.
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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“Why Hillary Is Really Pushing Campaign Finance Reform”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71894>
Posted onApril 21, 2015 7:14 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71894>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Smart Jonathan Bernstein analysis.
<http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-20/why-hillary-is-really-pushing-campaign-finance-reform>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“GOP Candidates Discover the Problems With Money in Politics”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71892>
Posted onApril 21, 2015 7:13 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71892>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Atlantic reports.
<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/not-all-republicans/390912/>
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“The NRA’s brazen shell game with donations: A Yahoo News
investigation” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71890>
Posted onApril 21, 2015 7:12 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71890>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Yahoo News reports.
<https://www.yahoo.com/politics/the-nras-deceptive-shell-game-with-donations-a-116744915796.html?soc_src=unv-sh&soc_trk=tw>
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“Judge Blasts Prosecutors in Foreign Bribe Case”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71888>
Posted onApril 20, 2015 7:51 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71888>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Recorder:
<http://www.therecorder.com/id=1202724063274/Judge-Questions-Law-Enforcements-Long-Reach-in-Foreign-Bribe-Case?cmp=share_twitter&slreturn=20150320224835>
With harsh words for prosecutors, a federal judge in San Francisco
dismissed a foreign bribery case on Friday, calling it the most
“misguided prosecution” he’d seen in 50 years of criminal practice.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, himself a former federal
prosecutor, sparred with the government attorneys on the case,
asking why the U.S. attorney’s office had pursued charges against
three non-U.S. citizens whose alleged misdeeds took place entirely
abroad.
“If you’re not addressing crime in the Northern District of
California, you’re not doing your job,” Breyer said, according to
atranscript of the April 17 hearing
<http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/ca/Vassiliev41715CRB.pdf>. Breyer said
the prosecution “brings into serious question the manner in which
decisions are made by the United States Attorney for the Northern
District of California.”
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Posted inbribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>
“Ex-Candidate O’Donnell Challenges Rules Barring Personal Use of
Campaign Money” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71886>
Posted onApril 20, 2015 5:31 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71886>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Bloomberg BNA
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=67249330&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0g5k4u4e6&split=0>:
“Federal Election Commission regulations prohibiting campaign money from
being spent to pay a candidate’s rent are unconstitutional, attorneys
for former Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell has argued in
a new federal court filing (FEC v. O’Donnell,
<http://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/Federal_Election_Commission_v_ODonnell_et_al_Docket_No_115cv00017/1>,
D. Del., No. 15-17,answer and counterclaim, 4/17/15).”
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
All Star Line Up for UCI #SCOTUS Term in Review Event July 13
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71881>
Posted onApril 20, 2015 4:40 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71881>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wow this will be great
<http://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/2015.html>,
especially given the high profile cases this term:
5th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review
/Monday, July 13, 2015, 12:00–1:30 P.M.
UCI Student Center, Pacific Ballroom (Map
<http://www.studentcenter.uci.edu/files/map-directions-sc.pdf>)/
This exciting and entertaining program reviews the Supreme Court’s
key cases decided in the October 2014 term, with an all-star panel
of Supreme Court practitioners, journalists, and academics.
Panelists
* Erwin Chemerinsky
<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chemerinsky/index.html>,
UCI Law
* Linda Greenhouse <http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/7296.htm>,
Yale Law School/The New York Times
* Song Richardson
<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/richardson/index.html>, UCI
Law
* Kannon K. Shanmugam <https://www.wc.com/kshanmugam>, Williams &
Connolly LLP
* Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton
<http://www.uscourts.gov/JudgesAndJudgeships/BiographicalDirectoryOfJudges.aspx>,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
* Moderated byRick Hasen
<http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/index.html>, UCI Law
The event will also be webcast, with viewers able to submit
questions via Twitter, using the hash tag*#ucilawscotus*at the end
of your question.
This event is approved for 1.5 hours of Minimum Continuing Legal
Education Credit by the State Bar of California.
UC Irvine School of Law is a State Bar-approved MCLE provider.
*/Registration for this very popular event will open in late May.
Please check back/.*
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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
Soros: “the bluntest language in politics comes down to political
dollars” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71879>
Posted onApril 20, 2015 4:38 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71879>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
OK, it is sonAlex Soros
<http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/george-soros-son-builds-a-pac-for-jewish-voters-117161.html>,
but still…
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“Nonprofit hopes $25,000 prize lures L.A. schools’ District 5
voters” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71877>
Posted onApril 20, 2015 4:16 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71877>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT
<http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-lausd-elections-20150419-story.html>:
A nonprofit voter group has a plan to turn around traditionally
abysmal turnout for a key election to the Los Angeles Board of
Education: It’s going to pay one lucky voter $25,000.
Those who cast ballots in the race for District 5 in the May 19
election will be entered in a drawing.
The idea is the brainchild of Southwest Voter Registration Education
Project.
MORE
<http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2015/04/20/42472/step-right-up-to-the-ballot-box-you-could-win-25-0/>from
Air Talk.
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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
“Minority representation lacking in elected government offices,
study finds” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71875>
Posted onApril 20, 2015 3:43 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71875>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Chicago Tribune
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-color-of-representation-study-met-20150419-story.html>:
In DuPage County, where 15 percent of the population is
African-American and 16.5 percent of the population is Latino, the
elected County Board is all-white.
In Zion, where 33 percent of the population is African-American and
23 percent is Latino, there are no racial minorities or women on the
City Council.
In fact, in 39 jurisdictions in the state, the number of women and
racial minorities serving in elected positions doesn’t statistically
reflect the population served,a new study released by the Chicago
Lawyers’ Committee
<http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5526e097e4b0356ed20c0c0e/t/55285dabe4b0719b1e013641/1428708779802/CLC_TheColorOfRep_PRINTER.pdf>shows.
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Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
“Money In Politics: The Gyrocopter’s Complaint”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71872>
Posted onApril 20, 2015 3:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71872>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
On Point.
<http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/04/20/citizens-united-super-pacs-election-2016-gyrocopter>
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“More Than 60 People, Including Lawmakers, Subpoenaed as Part of
Senate Redistricting Case” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71870>
Posted onApril 20, 2015 3:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71870>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News from FLA.
<http://www.politicalfixflorida.com/2015/04/20/more-than-60-people-including-lawmakers-get-subpoenaed-as-part-of-senate-redistricting-case/>
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