[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/30/15

Mon Mar 30 07:38:15 PDT 2015

    “Cruz claims GOP leadership blocked his fundraising after shutdown”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71374>

Posted onMarch 30, 2015 7:32 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71374>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/28/cruz-claims-gop-leadership-blocked-his-fundraising-after-shutdown/>: 
“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said Saturday that the House Republican 
leadership had made it next to impossible for him to get money from 
political action committees after he filibustered the Affordable Care 
Act in 2013 — an action that helped trigger a 16-day government shutdown.”

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    “2016 Hopefuls and Wealthy Are Aligned on Inequality”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71372>

Posted onMarch 30, 2015 7:29 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71372>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Very important NYT story. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/30/business/candidates-and-wealthy-are-aligned-on-inequality.html?_r=0>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    “High Court Sends Back Ruling on Virginia Redistricting”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71370>

Posted onMarch 30, 2015 7:26 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71370>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_VIRGINIA_REDISTRICTING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>: 
“The Supreme Court says a lower court must take another look at a ruling 
that said Virginia state lawmakers packed too many black voters into one 
congressional district. The justices on Monday said the lower court 
should reconsider the case in light of the high court’s ruling last week 
in an Alabama redistricting case. In the Alabama case, the justices said 
the lower court failed to consider claims that the new districts limited 
minority voting power.”

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    “U.S. Chamber doubling down on political juggernaut; Nation’s
    largest lobby will play ‘long-haul game’ to overcome bleak policy
    prospects” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71368>

Posted onMarch 30, 2015 7:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71368>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/03/30/17000/us-chamber-doubling-down-political-juggernaut>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,lobbying 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>

    “Garner, freshman rep from Kalispell, leads House fight against
    ‘dark money'” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71366>

Posted onMarch 30, 2015 7:23 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71366>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

This story 
<http://helenair.com/news/local/state-and-regional/garner-freshman-rep-from-kalispell-leads-house-fight-against-dark/article_ff200daf-b36e-5ee0-b590-5106b670ec28.html>from 
Montana illustrates a bit how AFP operates on the ground.

    Without bothering to notify him, Americans for Prosperity-Montana
    sent critical postcards notifying its supporters of a Feb. 5 town
    meeting in Garner’s hometown of Kalispell. He learned about it from
    a Helena reporter.

    AFP-Montana is part the conservative political organization founded
    by billionaires David and Charles Koch of Wichita, Kansas.

    The group called these meetings in the hometowns of Garner and
    several other Republican lawmakers who refused to sign a card
    pledging to oppose any expansion of Medicaid in Montana.

    The legislators showed up uninvited to these meetings in their
    towns, as did many of their friends. By most accounts, the meetings
    turned out to be disasters for AFP-Montana. . . .

    “Do we want the image that people have of this Capitol to be that
    one of the puppet strings, or one that represents the most worthy
    goals of the people that sent us here?” Garner asked. “As for me,
    I’m choosing to make elections more free and fair by increasing and
    improving disclosure.”

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    Atiba Ellis on the Alabama Racial Gerrymandering Case
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71363>

Posted onMarch 28, 2015 4:00 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71363>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here 
<http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/racelawprof/2015/03/supreme-court-remands-alabama-legislative-black-caucus-v-alabama-racial-gerrymandering-case.html>, 
at the Race and the Law Prof Blog.

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    “Gerrymandering Mishap Leaves Nation Without Any Borders Whatsoever’
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71361>

Posted onMarch 28, 2015 3:33 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71361>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Onion reports. 
<http://www.theonion.com/articles/gerrymandering-mishap-leaves-nation-without-any-bo,38296/>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>,redistricting 
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