[EL] more news 4/30/15

Thu Apr 30 12:39:59 PDT 2015

    “From Supreme Court, a mixed blessing on campaign finance limits”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72143>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 12:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72143>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I have writtenthis LA Times oped 
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hasen-judicial-fundraising-20150430-story.html>. 
It begins:

    The Supreme Court offered a pleasant surprise this week to those of
    us worried about the role of money in elections. In a 5-4 opinion
    written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the court on Wednesday
    upheld a rule limiting certain fundraising activities for judicial
    candidates. But don’t expect Williams-Yulee vs. State Bar to lead to
    a more widespread return to campaign-finance sanity; the ruling
    applies only to judicial elections and Roberts isn’t about to
    concede that free-flowing donations are tainting the political system.

It concludes:

    There was some pleasure in watching Roberts have to defend himself
    against his fellow conservatives. Usually he waxes poetic about
    unfettered campaign money as if it were a great and dignified
    example of the American commitment to free speech. In this instance,
    Roberts bristled at the suggestion that he was supporting “a
    latter-day version of the Alien and Sedition Acts.”

    Reformers can justly celebrate what Williams-Yulee means for
    judicial elections. But let’s not pretend Roberts has seen the
    light. The next time a nonjudicial fundraising case reaches the
    Supreme Court, he is likely to be the one yelling about
    “censorship.” Despite this win on judicial elections, the campaign
    finance situation overall remains dire.

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    “Potential roadblock for Bernie Sanders rises in New Hampshire”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72139>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 12:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72139>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CNN reports. 
<http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/30/politics/bernie-sanders-new-hampshire-democrats/index.html>

MORE 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-30/bernie-sanders-not-losing-his-independence>from 
Weigel.

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    “The Big Dangers for the Next Election”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72137>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 11:39 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72137>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here is Part I of II ofElizabeth Drew’s 
review<http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/may/21/big-dangers-next-election/>in 
the /NY Review of Books /of my book,The Voting Wars 
<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=>, 
and the Brennan Center’s Democracy and Justice: Collected Writings 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/publication/democracy-justice-collected-writings-vol-viii>.

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    “Section 203 covered jurisdictions often struggle to comply;
    Stanford Law Review note offers potential solutions for compliance”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72135>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 9:22 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72135>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That’s the lead story in this week’sElectionline Weekly. 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>

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    “The Political One Percent of the One Percent: Megadonors fuel
    rising cost of elections in 2014″ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72133>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 9:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72133>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

    Sunlight:
    <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-political-one-percent-of-the-one-percent-megadonors-fuel-rising-cost-of-elections-in-2014/>

    In the 2014 elections, 31,976 donors — equal to roughly one percent
    of one percent of the total population
    <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html>of the United
    States — accounted for an astounding $1.18 billion in disclosed
    political contributions at the federal level. Those big givers —
    what we have termed the “Political One Percent of the One Percent” —
    have a massively outsized impact on federal campaigns.

    They’re mostly male, tend to be city-dwellers and often work in
    finance. Slightly more of them skew Republican than Democratic. A
    small subset — barely five dozen — earned the (even more) rarefied
    distinction of giving more than $1 million each. And a minute
    cluster of three individuals contributed more than $10 million apiece.

              1% of the 1% Table of Contents

      * Who are the One Percent of the One Percent?
        <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-political-one-percent-of-the-one-percent-megadonors-fuel-rising-cost-of-elections-in-2014/#who>
      * Industries and employers
        <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-political-one-percent-of-the-one-percent-megadonors-fuel-rising-cost-of-elections-in-2014/#industriesandemployers>
      * New donors
        <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-political-one-percent-of-the-one-percent-megadonors-fuel-rising-cost-of-elections-in-2014/#newdonors>
      * Geography
        <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-political-one-percent-of-the-one-percent-megadonors-fuel-rising-cost-of-elections-in-2014/#geography>
      * Where the money goes
        <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-political-one-percent-of-the-one-percent-megadonors-fuel-rising-cost-of-elections-in-2014/#wherethemoneygoes>
      * Congress and the One Percent of the One Percent
        <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-political-one-percent-of-the-one-percent-megadonors-fuel-rising-cost-of-elections-in-2014/#congress>
      * Methodology
        <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2015/04/30/the-political-one-percent-of-the-one-percent-megadonors-fuel-rising-cost-of-elections-in-2014/#methodology>

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    “First Amendment Rights at Stake in Wis. Political Speech Case”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72131>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 8:57 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72131>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Keating 
oped<http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/04/30/first_amendment_rights_at_stake_in_wis_political_speech_case_126439.html>for 
Real Clear Politics.

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    Koch Bros. Efforts to Help Latinos as Means to Suppress Democratic
    Vote? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72129>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 8:55 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72129>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservatives-including-the-koch-brothers-go-after-the-latino-vote/2015/04/30/10732074-101e-4845-936b-77ccd3c45cd2_story.html>:

    The LIBRE effort, which backers plan to expand into more
    presidential battleground states over the next several months, has
    alarmed many Democrats.

    “They are making friends and trying to convince you that the
    Democratic agenda is bad,” said Matt Barreto, co-founder of the
    research and polling firm Latino Decisions. He said the group hands
    out ideological material, collects names, e-mails and phone numbers,
    and is “laying the foundation for Republican candidates to emphasize
    the same messages.”

    Barreto says those behind LIBRE are “playing the long game” and
    don’t really have to win Republican votes, but rather raise doubts
    about Democrats to suppress support for them.

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    “When Good News is No News” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72127>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 8:54 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72127>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Gail Collins NYT column 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/opinion/gail-collins-when-good-news-is-no-news.html?_r=0>on 
William-Yulee.

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    “Ruling: Judicial Candidates Can’t Personally Solicit Campaign
    Funds” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72125>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 8:53 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72125>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Nina Totenberg reports 
<http://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/403231770/judicial-candidates-may-not-personally-solicit-campaign-funds-high-court-rules>for 
NPR on Williams-Yulee.

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    “When Strict Scrutiny Ceased to Be Strict”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72123>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 8:52 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72123>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Floyd 
Abrams<http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/04/symposium-when-strict-scrutiny-ceased-to-be-strict/>on 
Williams-Yulee.

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    “A Rare Case Indeed” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72121>

Posted onApril 30, 2015 8:51 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72121>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jessica Ring Amunso 
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/04/symposium-a-rare-case-indeed/>n on 
Williams-Yulee.

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