[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/5/15

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Feb 5 08:08:48 PST 2015 

    Parties Can Save Our State Legislatures”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70126>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 8:04 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70126>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Seth Masket blogs. 
<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2015/02/how_parties_can_save_our_state054033.php>

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Posted inpolitical parties 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,political polarization 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=68>


    “Politics are ‘polluted by money’: Justice Ginsburg says she would
    overturn campaign spending decision”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70124>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:56 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70124>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://www.sltrib.com/news/2141382-155/justice-ginsburg-says-she-would-overturn>

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    “In Invisible World of Political ‘Donor Advisers,’ a Highly Visible
    Player” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70122>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:54 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70122>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/06/us/in-invisible-world-of-political-donor-advisers-a-highly-visible-player.html?smid=tw-share>

    A constellation of left-leaning nonprofits and “super PACs
    <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>”
    are raising tens of millions of dollars to pave the way for Hillary
    Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign — and nearly all of them have
    paid Mary Pat Bonner a cut.

    Over the past several years, the groups, which include American
    Bridge 21st Century, Media Matters, and the super PAC Ready for
    Hillary, have paid Ms. Bonner’s consulting firm in excess of $6
    million to help them cultivate wealthy donors and raise money,
    according to tax filings and campaign disclosures.

    Ms. Bonner’s contracts give her firm a commission, typically 12.5
    percent, on any money she brings in from her network of rich
    Democrats and liberals.

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    “Political Opportunity: A New Framework for Democratic Reform”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70120>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:52 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70120>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New 
report<https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/political-opportunity-new-framework-democratic-reform>from 
Mark Schmitt for Brennan/New America.

    What should a useable framework for political reform achieve? First,
    it should rest on an accurate description of what’s wrong with the
    current political process. Second, it should lead to policy
    responses that are achievable, if not today in the next five or 10
    years, and that would also be effective. It should serve the dual
    purpose of creating a plausible legal and constitutional
    justification for policy, and conveying a clear and accessible story
    about solutions for the public and policymakers. Finally, it should
    not create further conflicts with rights to free expression, but
    expand and enhance every person’s freedom to speak about issues and
    candidates.

There’s much I like in this report, though what Mark labels “political 
opportunity” I would label political equality, of the “level up” variety.

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    “The Intratextual Independent ‘Legislature’ and the Elections
    Clause” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70117>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:49 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70117>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

    Northwestern University Law Review Online//is pleased
    to announce its publication of Professor Michael Morley’s most
    recent essay,/The Intratextual Independent “Legislature” and the
    Elections Clause
    <http://colloquy.law.northwestern.edu/main/2015/01/intratextual-legislatures.html>/.

    In the essay, Professor Michael Morley assesses the Constitution’s
    Elections Clause and how the Supreme Court might interpret the
    clause in /Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent
    Redistricting Commission /(set for oral argument on March 2). The
    case will decide whether an Arizona voter initiative vesting
    congressional redistricting authority in an independent commission
    rather than the state legislature violates the Constitution’s
    Elections Clause. Morley employs “intratextualism” to interpret the
    Elections Clause, carefully assessing the use of “legislature” in
    other parts of the United States Constitution and founding-era state
    constitutions. This analysis leads Morley to conclude that the
    Arizona’s voter initiative is unconstitutional, because it
    completely removes the state legislature’s congressional
    redistricting authority.

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    Congratulations to the National Institute on Money in State Politics
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70115>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70115>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

…which has received 
<http://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/nine-nonprofits-recognized-exceptional-creativity-and-effectiveness-awarded-1-million-each/>a 
MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.

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    “Voting Rights Groups Move to Enforce ‘Motor Voter’ in California”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70113>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:37 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70113>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Project Vote press release. 
<http://projectvote.org/newsreleases/1116-voting-rights-groups-move-to-enforce-motor-voter-in-california.html>

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    Nevada May Pursue Mid-Decade Redistricting
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70111>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:35 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70111>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Las Vegas Sun 
<http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2015/feb/04/gloves-come-nevada-gops-move-redistricting-draws-h/>(viaReid 
Wilson <http://t.co/M1EgtM9TN5>).

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    “Nice Going, Genius” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70109>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:34 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70109>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ben Yagoda’s Lingua Franca column 
<http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2015/02/05/nice-going-genius/>in the 
/Chronicle of Higher Education: /

    In the slim annals of professorial humor, one of the cherished
    entries concerns an anthropological linguistics conference where the
    speaker declaims, “In languages all over the globe, one finds
    examples of the double negative denoting affirmation, but never the
    double positive denoting negation.” At which point a guy in the back
    of the room stands up and says, “Yeah, sure.”

    I’ve been pondering sarcasm since Adam Liptak’s recent/New York
    Times/article
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/us/scalia-lands-at-top-of-sarcasm-index-of-justices-shocking.html>about
    a law reviewessay
    <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2550923>by
    Richard Hasen called “The Most Sarcastic Justice.” And just who
    might that justice be? Hello! Duh! Spoiler alert!! It’s Antonin
    Scalia. You were expecting maybe Ruth Bader Ginsburg????

    Sorry, don’t know what came over me.

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    Linda Greenhouse NYT Column on Statutory Interpretation Issues in
    #SCOTUS Obamacare Lawsuit <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70107>

Posted onFebruary 5, 2015 7:30 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70107>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/opinion/overturning-obamacare-would-change-the-nature-of-the-supreme-court.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0>.

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    “Capitalizing on a political contribution cap hike; Wealthy donors —
    even the dead — already using new law that lets parties raise more
    cash” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70105>

Posted onFebruary 4, 2015 2:52 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70105>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/02/04/16711/capitalizing-political-contribution-cap-hike>

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