[EL] SCOTUS grants McDonnell stay/more news

Mon Aug 31 13:15:56 PDT 2015

    #SCOTUS Lets VA Gov. McDonnell Stay Out of Jail for Now: What It
    Means <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75733>

Posted onAugust 31, 2015 1:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75733>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Via Chris Geidner 
<http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-keeps-former-virginia-governor-out-of-jail-for?utm_term=.ufzqlw8VbN#.pgdLJ3QBN>comesthis 
order <https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNwxpu5WEAAFRzt.png:large>from the 
Supreme Court keeping Virginia ex-governor Bob McDonnell out of jail 
pending a Supreme Court decision whether or not to hear his case after 
he lost in the trial court and the 4th Circuit. He remains on bail until 
either the Supreme Court denies cert. or, if it takes the case, until 
the end of his case in the Court.

What does it mean? To begin with, it means it is fairly likely the Court 
will take his case, and there is at least a decent chance he will win it 
(that’s because the standards the Court considers in granting a stay 
factor in the likelihood of a cert. grant and an eventual win in the 
case).  it is no sure thing. It might be that there are simply enough 
Justices who think the issue merits serious consideration. But it is 
quite rare for the Court to keep a convicted criminal defendant out of 
jail pending a cert. petition, and this no doubt reflects both the 
famous nature of the defendant as well as concern about what counts as 
official acts for purposes of bribery laws. The case will likely provide 
the Court with an opportunity to further explore the line between what 
counts as illegal bribery and what counts as politics as usual, a line 
which the Court has found more difficult to police than one might think.

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    “AALS CFP: New Voices In Legislation”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75731>

Posted onAugust 31, 2015 9:19 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75731>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Great 
opportunity<http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2015/08/aals-cfp-new-voices-in-legislation.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>for 
new Legislation scholars!

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Posted inpedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23>

    “Bernie Sanders’s Small-Beer Donors in the Big Money Casino”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75729>

Posted onAugust 31, 2015 9:00 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75729>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT editorial. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/opinion/bernie-sanderss-small-beer-donors-in-the-big-money-casino.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=2>

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    Jessica Levinson Elected President of LA City Ethics Commission
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75726>

Posted onAugust 31, 2015 8:00 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75726>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Congratulations to my friend, Loyola law prof Jessica Levinson,elected 
president 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/la-ethics.pdf>of the LA 
City Ethics Commission.

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    “The Lessig-Mann Dustup” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75724>

Posted onAugust 31, 2015 7:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75724>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer weighs in. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/08/mann-lessig-dust/>

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