[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/10/15

[Rick Hasen]

    Judge Pleads Guilty to Taking Bribes Through Campaign Contributions
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69587>

Posted onJanuary 10, 2015 3:00 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69587>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Arkansas Online 
<http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jan/09/ex-circuit-judge-maggio-pleads-guilty-federal-brib/>:

    He first came under fire beginning in March 2014, when he was
    revealed as the poster who anonymously made the comments, including
    posts violating the confidentiality afforded to actress Charlize
    Theron in her adoption case, and comments about sex acts, bestiality
    and divorce.

    Soon after those revelations, questions arose about contributions
    Maggio’s campaign accepted from several political action committees
    financed largely by businessman and nursing-home owner Michael
    Morton, the/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/has reported.

    Days after some of those donations were made, Maggio reduced a
    jury-awarded $5.2 million judgment against one of Morton’s nursing
    homes to $1 million.

    Court papers didn’t identify Morton by name. But the documents did
    describe the person who made the contribution as an “Individual A”
    who was a “stockholder in numerous nursing homes” including in
    Faulkner County. A plea agreement also said Maggio accepted the
    payment “in return for being influenced to and induced to remit a
    $5.2 million judgment in a civil case to $1 million.”

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Posted inbribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>,campaign finance 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,judicial elections 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=19>


    Federal Court Enjoins Houston Time Limits on Campaign Financing
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69585>

Posted onJanuary 9, 2015 5:59 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69585>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Teddy Schleifer 
<http://www.chron.com/default/article/Judge-blocks-city-campaign-fundraising-rule-6005089.php>for 
the Houston Chronicle:

    A federal judge issued a temporary injunction Friday, knocking out
    Houston’s fundraising blackout rule which prevents city candidates
    from raising money before Feb. 1 of an election year.

You can find the 42-page ruling issuing a preliminary injunction at this 
link <http://lexpolitico.com/?p=655>. It distinguishes the 
/Thalheimer/case, in which the court upheld a time limit under the City 
of San Diego’s laws.  (I was one of the lawyers representing the City of 
San Diego in the litigation). It does not appear that the conflict 
between the two rulings will be resolved any time soon, asSchleifer 
reports<https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/553725252438487041>that the 
City will not appeal.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>


    “The Uncovered Money & Politics Stories of 2014″
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69583>

Posted onJanuary 9, 2015 12:54 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69583>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CLC Blog 
<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=590:the-uncovered-money-a-politics-stories-of-2014>.

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>


    “The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision continues to echo”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69581>

Posted onJanuary 9, 2015 8:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69581>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

ReadAmanda Hollis-Brusky 
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hollis-brusky-citizens-united-consequences-20150109-story.html>in 
the LAT.

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


    “Supreme Court could rule on Wisconsin voter ID law”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69579>

Posted onJanuary 9, 2015 8:05 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69579>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Zack Roth reports 
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/supreme-court-could-rule-wisconsin-voter-id-law>for 
MSNBC.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>,Voting Rights Act 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>


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