[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/7/15
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Wed Jan 7 07:09:42 PST 2015
“Legislative leaders put Pence White House bill on ice”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69535>
Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 7:06 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69535>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
IndyStar:
<http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/06/pence-calls-white-house-bill-well-intentioned/21333571/>
Indiana’s top legislative Republicans said Tuesday that a bill
allowing Gov. Mike Pence to run for the White House and governor on
the same ticket is unlikely to be approved this year.
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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“Campaign finance laws that make small donations public may lead to
fewer people contributing and to smaller donations.”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69533>
Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 7:04 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69533>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ray LaRaja
<http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2015/01/07/campaign-finance-laws-that-make-small-donations-public-may-lead-to-fewer-people-contributing-and-to-smaller-donations/>.
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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
Ken Simons Joining UCI Law <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69531>
Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 7:01 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69531>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
I am beyond elated that leading Torts scholar (and mensch)Ken Simons
<http://www.bu.edu/law/faculty/profiles/bios/full-time/simons_k.html>will bejoining
UCI
Law<http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2015/01/lateral-hires-with-tenure-2014-15.html>in
the fall.
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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
“NAACP filed federal complaint against Hinds election commission”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69529>
Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 6:59 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69529>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The /Clarion-Ledger /reports.
<http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/01/06/naacp-filed-federal-complaint-hinds-election-commission/21370975/>
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Posted inUncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
“Parties Poised to Exploit Broad New Rules”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69525>
Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 6:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69525>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eliza’s Rules of the Gamecolumn
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/parties-poised-to-exploit-broad-new-rules/?dcz=>.
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Chapin on Hasen on The Purcell Principle
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69523>
Posted onJanuary 7, 2015 6:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69523>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2015/01/hasen_on_the_purcell_principle.php>:
Hasen’s second point – that the Court should explain itself
eventually in election law cases, even if opinions are not possible
right away – is the most important part of the article, in my
opinion. I’m already on record decrying the growing tendency to
crowd Election Day with litigation, but if it has to happen I would
hope that the Court would least be willing to offer some guidance on
election changes in order to avoid future last-minute litigation.
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
“Robert F. McDonnell sentenced to two years in prison”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69521>
Posted onJanuary 6, 2015 9:44 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69521>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/robert-f-mcdonnell-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison-in-corruption-case/2015/01/06/e51520ca-9049-11e4-ba53-a477d66580ed_story.html?hpid=z1>:
“A federal judgesentenced former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog-live/liveblog/live-updates-sentencing-of-robert-mcdonnell/>to
two years in prison Tuesday — an unexpectedly lenient punishment for a
man who was convicted of selling the influence of his office to a
wealthy benefactor for sweetheart loans, luxury vacations and even a
Rolex watch.”
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Posted inbribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>,chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
“Remember Christine O’Donnell? She’s getting sued by the FEC”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69519>
Posted onJanuary 6, 2015 9:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69519>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/01/06/remember-christine-odonnell-shes-getting-sued-by-the-fec/>
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
“Foreword: The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69517>
Posted onJanuary 6, 2015 9:39 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69517>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Supreme Court nerds won’t want to missthis new paper
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2545130>by Will
Baude (forthcoming, /NYU Journal of Law and Liberty/). I learned a great
deal from it in writing mynew Purcell paper
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2545676>. Here is
the abstract:
The 2013 Supreme Court Term provides an occasion to look beyond the
Court’s merits cases to the Court’s shadow docket — a range of
orders and summary decisions that defy its normal procedural
regularity.
I make two claims: First, many of the orders lack the transparency
that we have come to appreciate in its merits cases. Some of those
orders merit more explanation, and should make us skeptical of
proposals to depersonalize the Court.
Second, I address summary reversal orders in particular. As a
general matter, the summary reversal has become a regular part of
the Supreme Court’s practice. But the selection of cases for summary
reversal remains a mystery. This mystery makes it difficult to tell
whether the Court’s selections are fair.
I catalogue the Roberts Court’s summary reversals and suggest that
they can be grouped into two main categories — a majority that are
designed to enforce the Court’s supremacy over recalcitrant lower
courts, and a minority that are more akin to ad hoc exercises of
prerogative, or “lightning bolts.” The majority, the
supremacy-enforcing ones, could be rendered fairer through
identification of areas where lower-court willfulness currently goes
unaddressed. We may simply be stuck with the lightning bolts.
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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
“ADL Presents: The Latest Battles in the Voting Wars”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69514>
Posted onJanuary 6, 2015 9:35 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69514>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Glad to be speaking atthis
event<http://la.adl.org/event/the-latest-battles-in-the-voting-wars/>in
LA on January 28. RSVP is required. You can see the flyer below the fold.
Continue reading→ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69514#more-69514>
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“Ninety Percent of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Campaign Money Comes From
the United States” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69512>
Posted onJanuary 6, 2015 4:48 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69512>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
And more than half his money
<http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/01/06/netanyahu_american_donors_small_group_funds_huge_share_of_israeli_prime.html>from
three American families.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“Year-End Round Up on Elections and Voting Rights”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69510>
Posted onJanuary 6, 2015 4:42 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69510>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Goldfeder and Perez. <http://www.stroock.com/SiteFiles/Pub1572.pdf>
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
“Christie, Cowboys, and Conflicts: An Overview of New Jersey’s
Ethics Rules” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69508>
Posted onJanuary 6, 2015 4:40 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69508>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
See here.
<http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/new_jersey/christie-cowboys-conflicts-overview-new-jerseys-ethics-rules>
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“Not Even Reformers Can Follow Campaign-Finance Law”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69505>
Posted onJanuary 6, 2015 8:11 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69505>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Scott Blackburn
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-blackburn-not-even-reformers-can-follow-campaign-finance-law-1420503172>in/WSJ/opinion:
“Embrace the Irony.” That’s the slogan of Mayday PAC, the
self-described “Super PAC to end all Super PACs” and brainchild of
Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig. But there is unintended irony
as well. Mayday PAC, which supports more campaign-finance
regulations, repeatedly violated existing campaign-finance laws.
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