[EL] ELB News and Commentary 7/2/15
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Jul 2 07:33:00 PDT 2015
Light Blogging Until Monday <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74009>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 7:29 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74009>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Enjoy the 4th, be safe, and celebrate this amazing country and democracy!
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2015 Supplement to Election Law Casebook
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74007>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 7:29 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74007>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The2015 supplement
<http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611638158/Election-Law-Fifth-Edition-2015-Supplement> (152
pages) to Lowenstein, Hasen, and Tokaji, Election Law Cases and
Materials, is going to the printer today. Instructors using the book can
write to crutan (at) cap-press.com to get a pdf of the book for planning
purposes beginning next week. Among the items covered in the supplement
(a * means an edited version of the case or significant excerpts appears):
Evenwel*
Shapiro v. Mack
Harris v. AZ Redistricting Commission
Arizona Legislature v. Arizona Redistricting Commission *
Shelby County v. Holder*
Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama*
Williams-Yulee v. Florida State Bar*
281 Care Committee*
American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock*
McCutcheon v. FEC*
Kobach v. EAC
Earlier description:
The 2015 supplement is shipping in time for fall classes, and will now
include edited versions of the /Evenwel/one person, one vote case in the
district court and the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in
/Williams-Yulee/. Here’s an earlier written description of the supplement:
The 2015 Supplement to the fifth edition of/Election Law: Cases and
Materials/will be up to date through the end of the Supreme Court’s
October 2014 term. It includes an edited version of of the Supreme
Court’s new campaign finance case,/McCutcheon v. FEC/, an edited
version of/Shelby County v. Holder/, and coverage of the Supreme
Court’s consideration of new redistricting cases from Alabama and
Arizona, raising new questions about racial gerrymandering claims
and the scope of state power to enact citizen redistricting
commissions for congressional districts via voter initiative.
The supplement also considers developments in Voting Rights Act
litigation after the Supreme Court’s/Shelby County/case, including
new disputes over voter identification requirements, and covers
litigation over citizenship and other state registration and voting
requirements under the Elections Clause following the Supreme
Court’s opinion in/Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council/. It also covers
the/Susan B. Anthony/false campaign speech case.
*Professors who adopt the Lowenstein/Hasen/Tokaji casebook for their
course can receive a complimentary copy of this supplement by
emailing their request to crutan (at) cap-press (dot) com. A
PDF draft version of this supplement may be available to adopters in
July — please specify if you would like to receive a copy of this
early version.*
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Teaching Election Law, Legislation, Statutory Interpretation, or Leg
Reg in the Fall? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74005>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 7:22 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74005>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Then consider recommending my Examples and Explanations book to your
students. It is designed to work in all of these courses, with all of
the major casebooks. I’ve gotten very good feedback so far. Thanks!
Legislation, Statutory Interpretation, and Election Law: Examples &
Explanations
<http://www.aspenlaw.com/examples-explanations/id-9781454845416/Examples__Explanations_Legislation_Statutory_Interpretation_and_Election_Law>(Aspen
Publishers, 2014)
*/Order from Publisher/*
Order from Amazon
<http://www.amazon.com/Examples-Explanations-Legislation-Statutory-Interpretation/dp/1454845414/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401919780&sr=8-1&keywords=hasen+legislation>
Correlation Table
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Table of Contents
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/EE-LSIE-TOC.pdf>
Index <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/EE-LSIE-Index.pdf>
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“Soros helps pro-Clinton Super PACs to $20 million haul”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74003>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 7:19 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74003>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Vogel
<http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/soros-helps-pro-clinton-super-pacs-to-20-million-haul-119669.html?hp=rc2_4>:
A trio of pro-Hillary Clinton groups raised more than $20 million in
the first half of the year, including at least $1 million from
billionaire financier George Soros, POLITICO has learned.
American Bridge 21st Century, an opposition research super PAC
founded by Clinton enforcer David Brock, will disclose raising $7.7
million — including $1 million from Soros — to the Federal Election
Commission before a July 15 deadline, an official with the group
said Wednesday. A linked nonprofit group called American Bridge 21st
Century Foundation — which is not required to disclose its donors —
raised an additional $1 million, the official said.
Meanwhile, Priorities USA Action, an allied super PAC dedicated to
airing ads supporting Clinton and attacking her opponents, is
expected to report raising $12 million or more in the first half of
the year, multiple sources in Democratic finance circles told POLITICO.
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“It’s time to make no-reason absentee voting available to all
Michiganders, without restrictions”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74001>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 7:15 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=74001>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jon Sherman oped.
<http://www.mlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/07/its_time_to_make_no-reason_abs.html>
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Posted inabsentee ballots <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=53>,election
administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
“Bob Dole: We need to ‘stop all this money in politics'”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73999>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 7:12 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73999>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Hill reports.
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/fundraising/246710-bob-dole-we-need-to-stop-all-this-money-in-politics>
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Lessig to Run for President in 2048 (No Not That Lessig)
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73997>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 7:11 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73997>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Philip Bump reports.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/01/meet-the-first-registered-candidate-for-the-2048-presidential-election/>
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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,federal election
commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
“What is a Legislature?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73995>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 6:57 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73995>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Jack Balkin
<http://balkin.blogspot.com/2015/07/what-is-legislature.html>on the AZ case.
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“Supreme Court ruling reaffirms the power of voters, not
politicians” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73993>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 6:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73993>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
George Skelton
<http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-cap-redistricting-20150702-column.html>LAT
column.
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“Conservative overreach may explain liberal victories in Supreme
Court” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73991>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 6:54 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73991>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Insightful David Savage LAT report
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-scotus-wrapup-20150702-story.html#page=1>concludes
with Adam Winkler quote: “”After next term’s expected rulings on
affirmative action, abortion, teachers unions and immigration, the
liberals may be calling the Roberts court the most conservative in a
generation.”
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“Electiongeeks, Rejoice: EAC Releases 2014 Election Survey Report
And Data” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73989>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 6:52 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73989>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Doug Chapin
<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2015/07/02/electiongeeks-rejoice-eac-releases-2014-election-survey-report-and-data/>:
That sound you heard mid-day yesterday was hundreds (thousands?) of
electiongeeks clapping their hands with glee. The reason? The U.S.
Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released thesummary report
<http://www.eac.gov/assets/1/Documents/2014%20EAC%20EAVS%20Report.pdf>anddatasets
<http://www.eac.gov/research/election_administration_and_voting_survey.aspx>from
the the 2014 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS).
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Nate Persily to Join “The Law of Democracy” Casebook
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73986>
Posted onJuly 2, 2015 4:56 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73986>byRichard Pildes
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7>
It’s been nearly twenty years since Pam Karlan, Sam Issacharoff, and I
published the first edition of “The Law of Democracy” casebook. In all
those years, we have not added another co-author to the book, which is
now in its Fourth Edition. We are therefore particularly pleased to
announce that for the next edition, which we are at work on now,
Professor Nate Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at
Stanford Law School, will become a co-author of “The Law of Democracy.”
Nate, who recently served as the Senior Research Director for the
Presidential Commission on Election Administration, is well-known to
readers of this blog. From now on, all errors in the casebook can be
attributed to Nate.
We will have the 2015 Supplement available in the next week or so. The
Supplement will address the big three “law of democracy” cases this
Term: The Arizona redistricting commission decision, the Alabama racial
redistricting cases, and the Court’s campaign-finance decision
concerning judicial elections. In addition, the Supplement will provide
updated perspective on developments over the last year in voting-rights
and campaign-finance litigation and legislation throughout the country.
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“A Loaf Full of Democracy” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73983>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 4:32 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73983>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ciara Torres-Speilliscy
<https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/full-loaf-democracy>on AZ redistricting.
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“‘Jiggery-Pokery’ Sparks #scalia4kids, Breaks The Internet”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73981>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 3:06 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73981>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Above the Law reports
<http://abovethelaw.com/2015/06/jiggery-pokery-sparks-scalia4kids-breaks-the-internet/>.
More from theABA Journal
<http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scalias_jiggery_pokery_dissent_spawns_scalia4kids_tweets>.
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“Kamala Harris rejects second gay murder measure”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73979>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 2:56 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73979>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
So the question
<http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article25998655.html>is
how often with CA AG’s decide that measures are unconstitutional and
cannot be circulated?
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“Liberal unity, conservative disarray led Supreme Court to the left”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73977>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 2:47 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73977>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Richard Wolf writes
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/07/01/supreme-court-2014-term-wrapup/29520761/>for
USA Today.
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Should Justice Scalia Retire Before “It is Too Late”?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73975>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 12:36 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73975>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Eric Segall makes the case.
<http://www.dorfonlaw.org/2015/07/why-justice-scalia-should-seriously.html>
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“Ex-state Sen. Leland Yee pleads guilty to racketeering in
corruption case” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73973>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 11:41 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73973>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT reports
<http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-leland-yee-plea-20150701-story.html>.
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“If It Were Easy Everyone Would Do It: Fairfax County Registrar
Steps Down” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73971>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 11:27 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73971>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Doug Chapin blogs
<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2015/07/01/if-it-were-easy-everyone-would-do-it-fairfax-county-registrar-steps-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Academy%29>at
his beautifully revamped Election Academy site.
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“Independently Drawn Districts Have Proved to Be More Competitive”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73968>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 9:16 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73968>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT’s The UpShot.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/upshot/independently-drawn-districts-have-proved-to-be-more-competitive.html?ref=politics&abt=0002&abg=1>
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
Jack Balkin Interviews Sam Issacharoff About Fragile Democracies
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73966>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 9:13 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73966>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Here.
<http://balkin.blogspot.com/2015/07/fragile-democracies-interview-with-sam.html>
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“Gerrymandering Isn’t Evil; Why independent redistricting won’t save
us from political gridlock’ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73964>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 8:44 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73964>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
John Sides and Eric McGhee for Politico
<http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/could-gerrymandering-be-good-for-democracy-119581.html#.VZQKYxNVhHx>:
But the notion that so many of our political ills stem from
gerrymandering is, in fact, a bad idea that simply will not die—what
we call aZombie Myth
<http://themonkeycage.org/2012/10/21/zombie-politics-redistricting-and-party-polarization/>.
And when it comes to Zombie Myths in American politics,
gerrymandering remains one of the most persistent. Actual evidence
from political science research shows only weak correlations between
gerrymandering and bothpolarization
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hate-our-polarized-politics-why-you-cant-blame-gerrymandering/2012/10/26/c2794552-1d80-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_story.html>andelectoral
competitiveness
<http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.177.798&rep=rep1&type=pdf>.
So why does the Zombie Myth persist? We think three major
misconceptions are to blame.
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“Did Jeb Bush’s Campaign and Super-PAC Cross the Line on
Coordination?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73962>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 8:38 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73962>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Russ Choma
<http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/06/jeb-bush-right-to-rise-mike-murphy>for
Mother Jones:
Jeb Bush officially declared that he was seeking the presidency two
weeks ago, yet political observers have assumed he made the decision
long ago and may have remained a shadow candidate for strategic
purposes. Official candidates are not permitted under campaign
finance law to coordinate with super-PACs, which can raise unlimited
amounts of money. As a supposedly undecided candidate Bush could
work closely with Right to Rise, the multimillion-dollar super-PAC
supporting his candidacy. But recent statements by one of Bush’s top
political allies suggest Bush may have coordinated with Right to
Rise even after he technically qualified as an official candidate.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
Don’t Be Surprised #SCOTUS May Kill Public Sector Unions. Justice
Alito Asked for These Cases <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73960>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 8:32 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73960>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Friedrichs v. CTA isan ominous sign
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/us/supreme-court-to-hear-challenge-to-union-fees.html?ref=topics>for
the vitality of public sector unions, but it should come as no surprise.
Justice Alito practically begged for someone to send the Court such a
case. Here isa post of mine <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62875>from
exactly a year ago:
An Anticipatory Overruling of #Abood in #Harris Case?
Posted onJune 30, 2014 8:37 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=62875>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Justice Alito’s opinion for the Supreme Court in theHarris v. Quinn
case
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/11-681_j426.pdf>gives
all kinds of reasons for overturning the key pro-union case ofAbood
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/11-681_j426.pdf>. Yet
the Court majority does not pull the trigger. Why not? This seems
to be a common move of the Roberts Court, as I explained
in*Anticipatory Overrulings, Invitations, Time Bombs, and
Inadvertence: How Supreme Court Justices Move the Law, 61/Emory Law
Journal/779 (2012)
<http://www.law.emory.edu/fileadmin/journals/elj/61/61.4/Hasen.pdf>*: “Anticipatory
overruling occurs when the Court does not overrule precedent but
suggests its intention to do so in a future case.” It is one of the
tools the Roberts Court uses to appear moderate and minimalist.
For example, the Court did not immediately overturn the preclearance
provision of the Voting Rights Act when it had the opportunity to do
so in the 2009/NAMUDNO/case. Instead it signaled the Act was
unconstitutional, and then overturned it in the 2013/Shelby
County/case. As
I’veexplained,<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291612>the
Court in/Shelby County/relied upon dicta in/NAMUDNO /as though that
earlier case had settled it. Similarly, on the campaign finance
side, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito signalled the coming
overruling of the ban on corporate general treasury spending in
elections in the/Wisconsin Right to Life/case, and then pulled the
trigger with the 3 other conservative Justices in/Citizens United/.
But just because the Court takes two or three cases to reach its
highly ideological decision doesn’t make it any less ideological or
any more comporting with principles of judicial minimalism or
respect for precedent.
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Once Again, Justice Ginsburg Not Only Corrects Small Error in
Opinion But Announces It <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73956>
Posted onJuly 1, 2015 8:24 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73956>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
On Monday, I noteda small error <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73880>in
Justice Ginsburg’s AZ redistricting commission that a reader pointed out
to me. When a similar thing happened with the Texas voter id case,
Justice Ginsburg promptly corrected the error and announced it,
something which is quite rare and worthy of praise (as I noted inthis
oped <http://t.co/GSN12uL7Db>for the National Law Journal).
Now, from the Court’s public information office:
RE: 13-1314 —/Arizona State Legislature/v./Arizona Independent
Redistricting Commission/
For your information, Justice Ginsburg has amended the opinion of
the Court in the above case, released on Monday, June 29. Page 8 of
the opinion contained an error. Redistricting plans adopted by the
California Redistricting Commission may be, but are not necessarily,
subject to public referendum. Accordingly, the Justice revised the
sentence discussing the California Redistricting Commission to
read: “The California Redistricting Commission, established by
popular initiative, develops redistricting plans which can be halted
by public referendum.” The version of the opinion on the Court’s
website has been updated.
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