[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/23/15

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Apr 23 07:47:33 PDT 2015 

    "Final Blow to Campaign Finance Regulation”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71966>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 7:43 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71966>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ed Kilgore respond 
<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_04/final_blow_to_campaign_finance055220.php>s 
to my Slate piece,Jeb the Destroyer 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/04/jeb_bush_destroying_campaign_finance_rules_his_tactics_will_be_the_future.single.html>. 
And although Ed gives me credit for the “robots” metaphor, it came from, 
and I linked to,this article in The Fix 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/04/21/the-robots-are-here-jeb-bush-and-the-first-super-pac-run-campaign/>by 
Philip Bump.

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    “Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation as Russians Pressed for Control
    of Uranium Company” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71964>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 7:38 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71964>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?ref=politics&_r=0>sounding 
a little defensive:

    The New York Times’s examination of the Uranium One deal is based on
    dozens of interviews, as well as a review of public records and
    securities filings in Canada,Russia
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/russiaandtheformersovietunion/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>and
    the United States. Some of the connections between Uranium One and
    the Clinton Foundation were unearthed by Peter Schweizer, a former
    fellow at the right-leaning Hoover Institution and author ofthe
    forthcoming book “Clinton Cash.”
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/20/us/politics/new-book-clinton-cash-questions-foreign-donations-to-foundation.html>Mr.
    Schweizer provided a preview of material in the book to The Times,
    which scrutinized his information and built upon it with its own
    reporting.

    Whether the donations played any role in the approval of the uranium
    deal is unknown. But the episode underscores the special ethical
    challenges presented by the Clinton Foundation, headed by a former
    president who relied heavily on foreign cash to accumulate $250
    million in assets even as his wife helped steer American foreign
    policy as secretary of state, presiding over decisions with the
    potential to benefit the foundation’s donors.

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    “Bullock signs Montana campaign finance bill into law”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71962>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 7:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71962>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Billings Gazette 
<http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/bullock-signs-montana-campaign-finance-bill-into-law/article_c8a0cc59-a7bf-5381-9136-ae118d9a13ff.html>:

    The Democratic governor signed the bill flanked by two Republicans,
    Sen. Duane Ankney of Colstrip, who sponsored the bill, and Rep.
    Frank Garner of Kalispell, who led the debate in the House. Later, a
    number of legislators who supported the bill and others who worked
    on it stood behind the governor and two lawmakers for another bill
    signing….

    Ankney said he was proud that the bill passed after the Senate
    “squashed” a similar bill in 2013.

    He recounted talking to one legislator this year who wasn’t sure he
    was going to support SB289.

    “I said, ‘Okay, think of it this way,’” Ankney said. “ ‘You want a
    flier against you that says he voted for dark money or do you want
    to send a flier saying I voted to send them damn carpetbaggers out
    of this state?’ ”

    The crowd cheered loudly at that line.

    “Why in the world would not like to have fair elections?” Ankney
    asked, “Why would you not want to run your campaign in a manner that
    represents your constituents and not individual groups?”

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    “Why Jeb Bush’s super PAC plan is potentially illegal”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71960>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 7:31 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71960>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fred Wertheimer oped. 
<http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/04/22/why-jeb-bushs-super-pac-plan-is-potentially-illegal/>

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    “Campaign Finance Reform, An Enduring Election Promise”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71958>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 7:30 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71958>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Byron 
Tau<http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/04/22/campaign-finance-reform-an-enduring-election-promise/>for 
the WSJ.

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    “For Clintons, speech income shows how their wealth is intertwined
    with charity” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71956>

Posted onApril 22, 2015 7:19 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71956>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo: 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-clintons-speech-income-shows-how-their-wealth-is-intertwined-with-charity/2015/04/22/12709ec0-dc8d-11e4-a500-1c5bb1d8ff6a_story.html>

    Bill Clinton was paid at least $26 million in speaking fees by
    companies and organizations that are also major donors to the
    foundation he created after leaving the White House, according to a
    Washington Post analysis of public records and foundation data.

    The amount, about one-quarter of Clinton’s overall speaking income
    between 2001 and 2013, demonstrates how closely intertwined Bill and
    Hillary Rodham Clinton’s charitable work has become with their
    growing personal wealth…

    Four major financial firms — Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital,
    Deutsche Bank and Citigroup — collectively have given between
    $2.75 million and $11.5 million to the charity, which is now called
    the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. Between 2001 and
    2013, their combined speech payments to Bill Clinton came to more
    than $3 million.

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    “Wisconsin Goes to the Supremes The U.S. Justices should hear a
    major First Amendment case.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71954>

Posted onApril 22, 2015 7:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71954>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WSJ editorial 
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/wisconsin-goes-to-the-supremes-1429744522>:

    Wisconsin’s attempt to criminalize political speech is destined to
    become a case study on the use of election law to silence political
    opponents. Whether it is a cautionary tale or a blueprint for
    nationwide imitation is now up to the Supreme Court.

    On Friday the Justices will consider whether to hear/O’Keefe v.
    Chisholm/, a Section 1983 civil-rights lawsuit brought by Wisconsin
    Club for Growth director Eric O’Keefe against Milwaukee District
    Attorney John Chisholm and other prosecutors. The suit charges the
    prosecutors with a multi-year campaign to silence and intimidate
    conservative groups whose political speech they don’t like.

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    Two on Money in Politics from Paul Blumenthal
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71952>

Posted onApril 22, 2015 4:20 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71952>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>


      Wealthy Donors Are Throwing Way More Money At The Republican Party
      This Year
      <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/republican-campaign-contributions_n_7120432.html>

(0) Comments 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/republican-campaign-contributions_n_7120432.html>|Posted 
April 22, 2015|5:35 PM

WASHINGTON — The Republican Party is taking full advantage of the new 
campaign contribution accounts and limitsslipped into the omnibus budget 
bill 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/10/cromnibus-campaign-finance_n_6298984.html>that 
passed Congress in December.

In the first three months of 2015, according to reports filed with the 
Federal Election Commission, the three main party…

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      The Chamber Of Commerce Is Fighting Fiercely To Stop The Scourge
      Of Corporate Transparency
      <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/chamber-of-commerce-transparency_n_7111022.html>

(212) Comments 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/chamber-of-commerce-transparency_n_7111022.html>|Posted 
April 22, 2015|7:36 AM

WASHINGTON — This spring, shareholders in more than 100 companies will 
introduce resolutions calling for greater disclosure of corporations’ 
political and lobbying activity. Six major companies — Dean Foods, 
Eastman Chemical, H&R Block, Marathon Oil, U.S. Steel and Valero Energy 
— have already reached agreement with New York state Comptroller…

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<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/22/chamber-of-commerce-transparency_n_7111022.html>
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    In Never-Ending Texas Redistricting Litigation, Supplemental Briefs
    on Alabama Racial Gerrymandering Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71950>

Posted onApril 22, 2015 4:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71950>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Via the indispensable Election Law @ Moritz 
<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/PerezVTexas.php>:

  * Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Memorandum
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez13021.pdf>pdf
    file
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1414.pdf>(filed
    4/20/15)
      o Affidavit<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez13022.pdf>pdf
        file
        <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1414.pdf>
  * Perez and NAACP’s Supplemental Brief
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1303_000.pdf>pdf
    file
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1414.pdf>(filed
    4/20/15)
  * USA’s Advisory to the Courtpdf file
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1304_000.pdf>(filed
    4/20/15)
  * Quesda’s Supplemental Brief
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1305_000.pdf>pdf
    file
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1304_000.pdf>(filed
    4/20/15)
  * MALC’s
    Brief<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1306_000.pdf>pdf
    file
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1304_000.pdf>(filed
    4/20/15)
  * Congressperson’s
    Brief<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1307.pdf>pdf
    file
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1304_000.pdf>(filed
    4/20/15)
  * Task Force’s
    Brief<http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1308.pdf>pdf
    file
    <http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/litigation/documents/Perez1304_000.pdf>(filed
    4/20/15)

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    “New study rebuts John Roberts on Voting Rights Act”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71948>

Posted onApril 22, 2015 3:41 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71948>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Zack Roth 
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/new-study-rebuts-john-roberts-voting-rights-act>for 
MSNBC.

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