[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/5/15

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Jun 5 08:21:50 PDT 2015 

    “Hillary Clinton Hits the GOP on Voter Suppression; Her ideas on
    voting rights are also good politics”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73215>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 8:17 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73215>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jamelle Bouie 
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/06/hillary_clinton_speaks_out_on_voting_rights_the_democratic_frontrunner_condemns.html>in 
Slate.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
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    “Hillary Clinton calls for sweeping expansion of voter access”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73213>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 8:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73213>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-calls-for-sweeping-expansion-of-voter-registration/2015/06/04/691f210c-0adb-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html>.

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    “Gov. Christie attacks Hillary Clinton on voter registration”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73211>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 8:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73211>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Record: 
<http://www.northjersey.com/news/gov-christie-attacks-hillary-clinton-on-voter-registration-1.1350071>

    Governor Christie went on the attack against Hillary Clinton on
    Friday, saying the Democratic presidential candidate is calling for
    an expansion of voter registration because “she just wants an
    opportunity to commit greater acts of voter fraud.”

What did you expect?

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    “Race, Federalism, and Voting Rights”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73209>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 8:00 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73209>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer have postedthis 
draft<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2611795>on 
SSRN.  Here is the abstract:

    In Shelby County v. Holder, the Court struck down an important
    provision of the Voting Rights Act, section 4, on federalism
    grounds. The Court argued that Congress no longer had the power to
    enact section 4 because of the “federalism costs” imposed by the Act
    and because the Act violated “basic principles” of federalism.
    Unfortunately, the Court failed to articulate the costs to
    federalism imposed by the Act, much less conduct a cost-benefit
    analysis in order to determine whether the benefits of the Act
    outweighed its costs. Moreover, the Court failed to discuss whether
    the Reconstruction Amendments ought to matter at all to the
    federalism debate. In this Essay, we ask three basic questions in
    response to Shelby County. First, what does the Court mean by
    “federalism costs,” and why have these costs undermined the
    constitutionality of the VRA? Second, does the failure to discuss
    Reconstruction and the Reconstruction Amendments undermine the
    Court’s decision in Shelby County? And third, we ask how should we
    understand the utility of federalism in the context of race and
    voting. We suggest that if one purpose of federalism is that it
    enables minorities to engage in self-rule, we should ask whether
    federalism enables racial minorities to engage in self-rule.

Looking forward to reading this!

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    “The IRS chief’s mistake about ‘dark money’”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73207>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 7:56 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73207>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Miriam Galston 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-irs-chiefs-mistake-about-dark-money/2015/06/04/0f4a22ae-095e-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html>‘s 
WaPo oped:

    As the 2016 presidential and congressional races heat up, many
    people increasingly worry about the large amounts of “dark money”
    from undisclosed sources being used to finance election campaigns. A
    recent ill-conceived statement byInternal Revenue Service
    Commissioner John Koskinen
    <http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/sites/default/files/REFORM%20GROUPS%20LETTER%20TO%20KOSKINEN%204%203%2015.pdf>could
    make this crisis even worse
    <http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/press-releases/reform-groups-call-irs-clarify-49-percent-approach>.
    A key class of tax-exempt groups, he said, couldspend up to
    49 percent of their revenue
    <https://thehill.com/policy/finance/237900-campaign-finance-groups-chide-irs-chief>on
    politics without losing their tax-favored status. Koskinen even
    suggested that this position corresponds to the intent of Congress.

    Nothing could be further from the truth. The commissioner’s
    statement was inconsistent with the legislation under which the IRS
    operates, contravenes a long line of judicial opinions and is bad
    public policy. Here’s why:

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    “The six keys to securing ethical government: A U.S. view”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73205>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 7:52 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73205>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Brookings 
<http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2015/06/04-securing-ethical-government-eisen>:

    /On Thursday Brookings Visiting Fellow, Amb. Norm Eisen addressed
    the Italian Parliament to discuss ethics in government, highlighting
    efforts in the US to improve transparency and accountability. In the
    speech, Amb. Eisen argues that while ethics reform can be difficult,
    it is an absolutely essentially part of any democratic system./

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    “Hillary Clinton’s Bold Plan for Voting Rights”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73203>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 7:50 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73203>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ari Berman writes 
<http://www.thenation.com/blog/209265/hillary-clintons-bold-plan-voting-rights#>for 
The Nation.

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    “Republican FEC commissioner admittedly blocking complaints against
    Republicans” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73201>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 7:49 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73201>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Paul Ryan 
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/campaign/243828-republican-fec-commissioner-admittedly-blocking-complaints>in/The 
Hill/:

    In my decade-plus as an attorney at the Campaign Legal Center (CLC),
    a nonpartisan legal organization, we’ve filed dozens of
    administrative complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC)
    against those we believed to be violating federal campaign finance
    laws.  Even in the best of times, we’ve waited in excess of 2 years
    for the FEC to resolve our complaints.  But things at the FEC have
    gotten much, much worse in recent years.

    Since 2011, we’ve filed 19 complaints with the FEC and only four of
    them have been resolved.  Six complaints that we filed in 2011-12
    remain pending before the Commission.  Until May 21, we had no idea
    what has been causing delay.  At the Commission’s May 21 public
    meeting, however, we learned the likely source of delay when
    Republican FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman acknowledged that he’s been
    exercising his “discretion” to hold up complaints against Republican
    and conservative groups.

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    “Every Man a Political Donor; A revolutionary campaign finance
    idea.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73199>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 7:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73199>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jay Cost 
<http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/every-man-political-donor_965004.html?page=1>in 
the Weekly Standard likes tax credits (a good, but hardly revolutionary, 
idea).

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    DC Circuit Rules Crossroads Can Intervene in Public Citizen, FEC
    Case <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73197>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 7:45 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73197>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Opinion. 
<http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/80E385F96412FE3F85257E5B004F5359/$file/14-5199-1555932.pdf>

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    “Hillary Clinton attacks Republicans over voting restrictions”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73195>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 7:44 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73195>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Evan Halper reports 
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-clinton-voting-rights-20150604-story.html>for 
LAT.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
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    “Hillary Clinton, Voting Rights and the 2016 Election”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73193>

Posted onJune 5, 2015 7:41 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73193>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT editorial. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/opinion/hillary-clinton-voting-rights-and-the-2016-election.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0>

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    “Group urges state probe of LLC loophole for campaign donations”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73190>

Posted onJune 4, 2015 7:55 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73190>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYDN reports. 
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/group-urges-probe-llc-loophole-campaign-donations-article-1.2247180>

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    “Lawsuits Readied Against FEC for Inaction On Enforcement Matters
    Involving Super PACs” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73188>

Posted onJune 4, 2015 7:49 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73188>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=69931567&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0g7r6u7d1&split=0>:

    The Federal Election Commission’s failure to resolve past
    enforcement cases involving super political action committees is
    likely to be targeted in a new round of legal actions by the
    nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, the group’s senior counsel, Paul S.
    Ryan, suggested.
    The prospect for new lawsuits reflects frustration at FEC inaction
    on legal and enforcement matters as the 2016 presidential election
    cycle gears up while key campaign finance enforcement matters from
    previous elections remain unresolved.
    Ryan told Bloomberg BNA June 4 that his organization, which supports
    strong campaign finance regulation through lawsuits and other
    methods, will likely file a series of suits in federal district
    court to force FEC action on administrative complaints that were
    lodged with the agency as many as four years ago.

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    “Preparing for New York’s Next Constitutional Convention Referendum”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73186>

Posted onJune 4, 2015 7:46 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73186>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

JH Snider oped. 
<http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/opinion/5753-preparing-for-new-yorks-next-constitutional-convention-referendum-cuomo-snider>

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    “Hillary Clinton Says G.O.P. Rivals Try to Stop Young and Minority
    Voters” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73184>

Posted onJune 4, 2015 7:45 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73184>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/us/politics/hillary-clinton-says-republican-rivals-try-to-stop-young-and-minority-voters.html?ref=politics&_r=0>

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    Bonus Quote of the Day: Or, Why I Don’t Expect an Elias-Ginsberg
    Commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73175>

Posted onJune 4, 2015 6:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=73175>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/606630230028099584


Screen Shot 2015-06-04 at 6.26.00 PM 
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