[EL] ELB News and Commentary 8/27/15

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Aug 26 21:46:47 PDT 2015 

    ELB Podcast Episode 2: Floyd Abrams: Citizens United, Free Speech,
    and the Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75625>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 11:05 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75625>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Joining me on Episode 2 ofthe ELB Podcast 
<https://soundcloud.com/rick-hasen>is the nation’s leading First 
Amendment lawyer,Floyd Abrams 
<http://www.cahill.com/professionals/floyd-abrams>. Floyd was one of the 
lawyers arguing in the Supreme Court in the 2010 case, /Citizens United 
v. FEC/, which freed corporate and labor union spending in elections.

Is more money in elections good or bad for our democracy? Would it be 
better to lift all limits on money in elections? What is the Supreme 
Court doing in the area of free speech? What of the new decision in 
/Reed v. Town of Glibert/? And what of academics and their views of the 
First Amendment?

Listen at 
SoundCloud<https://soundcloud.com/rick-hasen/elb-podcast-episode-2-floyd-abrams-citizens-united-free-speech-and-the-supreme-court>orsubscribe 
at iTunes 
<https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/elb-podcast/id1029317166?mt=2>.

I would love your feedback on this new endeavor!

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,ELB 
Podcast <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=116>,Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>



    “Trump Hates Lobbyists—Except the Ones Running His Super PAC”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75645>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 9:41 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75645>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Daily Beast reports. 
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/26/trump-hates-lobbyists-except-the-ones-running-his-super-pac.html?source=socialflow&via=twitter_page&account=thedailybeast&medium=twitter>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,lobbying 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>


    “Kris Kobach: ‘Knucklehead’ Hillary Clinton ‘getting her pantsuit in
    a twist’ over voting change” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75643>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 9:28 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75643>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Topeka Capital-Journal/reports. 
<http://cjonline.com/news/2015-08-26/kris-kobach-knucklehead-hillary-clinton-getting-her-pantsuit-twist-over-voting>

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    “Since President Obama took office, 85 of 98 state legislative
    bodies got more Republican” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75641>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 9:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75641>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Amazing statistic 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/26/since-president-obama-took-office-85-of-98-state-legislative-bodies-got-more-republican/>.

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Posted inlegislation and legislatures 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,political parties 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>


    “Minnesota ballot selfies are debated but still legal”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75639>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 9:20 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75639>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The /Pioneer Press/reports. 
<http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_28708831/minnesota-ballot-selfies-are-debated-but-still-legal>

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Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>


    “Trump Telling GOP Brass He Will Forgo A Third-Party Run: Sources”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75637>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 9:13 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75637>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

HuffPo reports. 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-telling-gop-brass-he-will-forego-a-third-party-run-sources_55de06eae4b04ae4970577d3?oypn9udi>

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    “In Louisiana parish, a fight for black voting rights”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75635>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 9:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75635>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

MSNBC reports. 
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/louisiana-parish-fight-black-voting-rights>

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Posted inVoting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>


    Loyalty Oaths In Party Primaries <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75633>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 2:25 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75633>byRichard Pildes 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7>

In the coming days, we are going to hear more and more about state 
Republican parties that require “loyalty oaths” to participate as a 
candidate in a party’s primary — loyalty oaths require a candidate to 
pledge that he or she will support in the general election the candidate 
who wins the party’s primary.  In light of that, readers might enjoy 
reading about Justice Scalia’s encounter with these loyalty oaths, as a 
voter, nearly 20 years ago.  This story is recounted in our book,/The 
Law of Democracy: /

    In practice, many parties enforce “loyalty oaths” informally, as
    with controlling entry into the nomination setting in what are
    called “firehouse primaries” (a “firehouse primary” is a polling
    process conducted by a party without state supervision). In the
    mid-1990s, a news report indicated that Justice Antonin Scalia had
    “questioned the legality of the oath” required from Republican
    voters who sought to participate in a firehouse primary in Fairfax,
    Virginia, but had then signed the form “after getting an explanation
    from a party official.” Eric Lipton,/Democracy Can Stop Traffic/,
    Wash. Post, Jan. 8, 1995, at A1.

    We end this excerpt with a question: Were Justice Scalia’s initial
    reservations well-founded?

The South Carolina Republican Party form that Donald Trump will have to 
make a decision about signing by the end of next month contains this 
language:

    I hereby affirm that I generally believe in and intend to support
    the nominees and platform of the
    Republican Party in the November 8, 2016 general election; that I
    will not knowingly violate any
    election law or any law defining and prohibiting corrupt and
    fraudulent practices in campaigns and
    elections in this state; that I will qualify for the office if
    elected thereto, including, but not limited to,
    complying with any limitation prescribed by the Constitution of the
    United States; that I will fulfill all
    filing requirements set by the South Carolina Republican Party,
    including but not limited to completion
    of this form and payment of a non-refundable $40,000 filing fee;
    that I acknowledge if I have not jointly
    submitted this form and the filing fee by the 5:00 P.M. September
    30, 2015 filing deadline, my name is
    not eligible to appear on the ballot; and that I understand that my
    name will appear on all ballots as
    designated in this declaration.

If you wonder whether these oaths have any serious legal bite, South 
Carolina law gives the parties plenty of power to enforce the oaths.  
But it is important to understand that this law does NOT apply to the 
presidential primaries; I offer the law to illustrate how, outside the 
presidential context, state laws can attempt to give these loyalty oaths 
powerful legal bite:

*SECTION 7-11-210.* Notice of candidacy and pledge.In the event that a 
person who was defeated as a candidate for nomination to an office in a 
party’s primary election shall thereafter offer or campaign as a 
candidate against any nominee for election to any office in the ensuing 
general election, the state chairman of the party which held the primary 
(if the office involved is one voted for in the general election by the 
electors of more than one county), or the county chairman of the party 
which held the primary (in the case of all other offices), shall 
forthwith institute an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for 
an order enjoining the person from so offering or campaigning in the 
general election, and the court is hereby empowered upon proof of these 
facts to issue an order.

Of course, just because state law authorizes this does not mean the law 
is constitutional.

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    Michael McDonald and I Talk Ballot Selfies at AirTalk
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75631>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 1:28 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75631>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Listen. 
<http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2015/08/26/44258/but-first-let-me-take-a-ballot-selfie-free-speech/>

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    Read Gov’t Opposition to Gov. McDonnell’s #SCOTUS Motion to Stay Out
    of Jail Temporarily <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75629>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 1:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75629>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Josh Gersteinposted it. 
<http://images.politico.com/global/2015/08/26/15a218_mcdonnell_v__us_bail_opp_2015-08-26_1500_response.pdf>

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    “Elections, ethics watchdog just trying to do its job”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75627>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 11:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75627>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial. 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/elections-ethics-watchdog-just-trying-to-do-its-job-b99563233z1-322828711.html>

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    “Government Not Impressed by Menendez’s ‘Policy’ Approach to Speech
    or Debate” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75623>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 8:49 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75623>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Point of Order explains 
<http://www.pointoforder.com/2015/08/26/government-not-impressed-by-menendezs-policy-approach-to-speech-or-debate/>.

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    “Larry Lessig: Bernie Sanders has been ‘seduced’ by consultants, is
    too focused on winning” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75621>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 8:24 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75621>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Vox reports. 
<http://www.vox.com/2015/8/26/9210417/lawrence-lessig-president>

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    “State elections watchdog files lawsuit against ‘LLC loophole'”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75619>

Posted onAugust 26, 2015 7:36 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75619>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News 
<http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/State-elections-watchdog-files-lawsuit-against-6465696.php>from 
New York.

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