[EL] Glenn Reynolds in USA Today

Thu Nov 12 10:49:55 PST 2015

Rick can defend his language selection better than I, but I took his comment simply to mean that it is the norm that all 18+ year olds can vote, and that at the margins of that population there are some categories of individuals for whom the franchise can still be denied or restricted. I’d point out that the term “marginal” in economics is not at all the same as “unimportant” or “insignificant,” and in fact in certain lines of economic thought the activity at the margin is the most crucial (google “marginal revolution” sometime, and ignore the blog of the same name). And at one point I believe I was told Rick’s undergraduate degree was in economics, making his use of the term all the more reasonable.

Sean Parnell

President, Impact Policy Management, LLC

571-289-1374 (c)

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

Alexandria, Virginia

From: Douglas Carver [mailto:dhmcarver at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 1:42 PM
To: Rob Richie
Cc: Sean Parnell; law-election at UCI.EDU
Subject: Re: [EL] Glenn Reynolds in USA Today

I would take issue with Rick's assertion earlier in this thread that felon disenfranchisement is "on the margins" -- especially if one is African American. Given that according to some studies close on 6 million people are barred from voting, some states have an 8% disenfranchisement rate, and certain states disenfranchise 20% of their African American population because of strict felon disenfranchisement laws, this is not an issue on the margins. These are substantial parts of the electorate. Additionally, the felon disenfranchisement laws in the United States are draconian (and,outside of the law in the U.K., uniquely punative) when compared to other democracies, and serve to have the greatest impact on poor and non-white communities.  To tie this back to the discussion of dropping the voting age to 16, I have not been able to discover the number of 16- and 17-year olds in the country, but from what I can glean, the number of those disenfranchised due to a felony conviction is comparable to the numbers who would gain the franchise with a dropping of the qualifying age. We can, and should, argue about the mertis and reasons for felon disenfranchisement, but we should not dismiss the issue as marginal.

Douglas Carver

Albuquerque, NM

On Thursday, November 12, 2015, Rob Richie <rr at fairvote.org> wrote:

Thanks for flagging the 16--year-old voting age, Sean. You're right about my position on that. 

Interestingly, Argentina is holding presidential elections with 16-year-olds voting rights now, and several countries have moved that direction. The main opposition parties in both the UK and Australia now have 16-year-old voting in their platforms, and the Scottish parliament this year voted unanimously (including all representatives of the Conservative Party) to extend voting rights to 16-year-olds for all future elections after a widely praised (and closely studied) use of it in the independence referendum last year.

It's only done in the US in two Maryland cities, but turnout that age quadrant dwarfed voters in their 20's in the elections with it. And more than a dozen states will be having 17-year-olds vote in next year's presidential primaries if they'll be 18 by November. My prediction is that over the next generation, this will follow that usual trajectory of "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." (And no, it need not be a partisan thing. Nice to see Utah moved to let all 16-year-olds preregister to vote this year, for example, joining such radical states as Florida and Louisiana.)

Any reaction in horror to the proposal of raising the voting age from 18 should make people think twice about whey they think 18 should be a bright line and that we should deny the right to vote beneath it. If you step back and ready the arguments against a lower voting age, they're all ones that can easily be applied to people who are older. "They are not mature enough... Their brains aren't fully developed.. They might be influenced by other poeple..." and so on.

Some voting age makes sense, even to me as an uncompromising suffragist, but if you look at the facts closely and get over the initial "ha ha" reaction,, the case for 18 as a age melts away quickly. See FairVote's resources on it, http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/right-to-vote-amendment/lowering-the-voting-age/

Rob

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Sean Parnell <sean at impactpolicymanagement.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sean at impactpolicymanagement.com');> > wrote:

Actually, I think most of us here do reserve to ourselves the authority to make such judgements. At least if you think 18 ought to be the minimum voting age, or 16 (I believe that is favored by my friend Rob Richie, at least for local elections? My apologies if I’m incorrect). In fact, pretty much everybody who doesn’t favor allowing newborn babies to vote (the unborn too?) has taken a stand that says “at this age people can vote, below this age they cannot.”

Sean Parnell

President, Impact Policy Management, LLC

571-289-1374 (c)

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sean at impactpolicymanagement.com');> 

Alexandria, Virginia

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu');>  [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu');> ] On Behalf Of Rick Hasen
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To: Ilya Shapiro
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Subject: Re: [EL] Glenn Reynolds in USA Today

I don't think it for Glenn or you (or me) to judge who is smart or mature or educated enough to cast a ballot.  That's the point of modern democratic universal suffrage.  

On 11/12/2015 8:22 AM, Ilya Shapiro wrote:

"People who can’t discuss Halloween costumes rationally don’t deserve to play a role in running a great nation."

He does have a point. It really depends on whether your highest value is democracy or liberty. After all, if angels governed men, we wouldn't need democracy or any other check on government's going beyond its legitimate power to secure our liberties into things that oppress us. 

Ilya Shapiro 

Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies

Cato Institute

1000 Mass. Ave. NW

Washington, DC 20001

Tel. 202-218-4600

Cel. 202-577-1134

www.cato.org/people/shapiro.html

twitter.com/ishapiro

On Nov 12, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rhasen at law.uci.edu');> > wrote:

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It’s unlikely to happen, but voters could elect two different congressmen to fill John Boehner’s vacated seat in the March primary.

That’s because Ohio Gov. John Kasich has chosen to conduct the primary for Boehner’s unfinished 6-month term and the two-year term on the same date.

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Last Monday, I hosted a dinner with President Obama for 50 people to raise money for the House Democrats. As host, I enjoyed the additional privilege of a few minutes in private with the President during which I pressed him, ironically, to take action on campaign finance reform. Sorry, but I can’t tell you how he replied. Part of the privilege is to hear the President off-the-record.

Later in the week I hosted a smaller dinner for a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Our common passion for campaign finance reform is such I could convince myself he was just there to anchor our thoughtful discussion, but there’s only one reason New York is an essential campaign stop for candidates from all 50 states: money.

The relentless demand for campaign funds grants those of us who provide the money extraordinary access to our elected leaders and candidates. We can shape how candidates talk about an issue, influence what issues they might choose to highlight or ignore, and entice promises about what they will do in office.

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Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr6jqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jqrVJ55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9b73xP1EVd79I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrE49dTcMLmJGx> November 12, 2015 7:41 am by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIp3zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jqrxJ55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9qTcDm9P9I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrc5Jxm2tjS837> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIi6gUgdEIc3Cm67SkjtPqdS4QQmnbI6QrI9FEIKfL6QrI9FEIKnvdETojjhpd7bzxKl2uHizk5mStu00CXreL00jqpEVd791xxN_HYCqenNP8UtRXBQSnXY-e7e8EIth5dqWqJXIsG7DR8OJMddFzzqabxKVKVI06gfGhFQvrDYqsLx6fXcKxV3p_ytQnYhhN5faMYKJmB943_bCfRqI2YWBP6NgbRttbQrm-9trrkMSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedF6AhV2CT> Vincent DeVito for Reuters Opinion. Mandamus to get the FEC to act?  In time for this election? I don’t think so.

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Posted in  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndxNJ5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJcQsCQkn3tPtPo0fP_Jelo7Wo87R8Y01MBrpD8TdDWob-vZFOH0KgGT2TQ1i7Hr6qLMCnfBiterJbLgrdKcenv76PiSd1kQKCy0q2EOq80pVyxEwS21Ew4GGG_2uNb6y1574kYhvdIzzsl0U6DMLNBo7> campaign finance,  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPoA739J5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJCVJ55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9mSpOr1I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrP3Oown6bJQYM> federal election commission

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr4wUSyMMepoovphdTdETojjhpsKMrhKMCCyOU-YrhKMCCyOVtYSztxdd5AQsKe6Vk9WJadglrpRU02rJIWY01dFCzAQsA6677-LOpEVv7czxTnKnjpvLPUUsUyyNR4kRHFGTKNOEuvkzaT0QSOyrhhsdTdTdw0_f-QVlwvFwwvkzM072iNMUsMqehNI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrIT-K> “How the Kochs created Joni Ernst”

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsS76Qm61Pb33Xa9KVJ6X2qqbbBS3qdS4QQmn7TzqdS4QQmnbLCQrI9FEICzBNMTaxflFhG2HreL00jtJDnw09JcQsCzAwMMU_R-jd7bUVAseWZOWrbZ-v73D4kmeEyCJtdmZSel3PWApmU6CSkPqabxKVKVI07V_SDaI3Zc43WAu00Uime73C3hOedDWob-vZFOH0KgGT2TQ1i7Hr6qLMCnfBiterJbLgrdKcenv76PiSd1kQKCy0q2EOq80pVyxEwS21Ew4GGG_2uNb6y1574kYhvdIzzpJwEu0dhTHZz> November 12, 2015 7:38 am by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIp3zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jrb9J55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9qTcDm9P9I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrG_Au> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsS83gwcCQm61Pb33Xa9KVJ6X2qqbbBS3qdS4QQmn7TzqdS4QQmnbLCQrI9FEICzBNMTaxflFhG2HreL00jtJDnw09JcQsCzAwMMU_R-jd7bUVAseWZOWrbZ-v73D4kmeEyCJtdmZSel3PWApmU6CSm3qabxKVKVI04Jk-kVmHO-kDm9r4XELUyzAOvBOJr4W5Pd2YOvBOdlyWqbXwVcSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedUnQISLxV> Ken Vogel for Politico:

Until now, little has been known about the secretive role played by the Kochs’ donors and operatives in boosting Ernst. The Koch network has focused primarily on policy fights, mostly leaving the spadework of recruiting and nurturing candidates to the party.

But the network’s financial support for Ernst ― detailed here for the first time ― offers the first signs of a move into GOP primaries. The Kochs and their allies are investing in a pipeline to identify, cultivate and finance business-oriented candidates from the local school board all the way to the White House, and Koch operatives are already looking for opportunities to challenge GOP incumbents deemed insufficiently hard-line in their opposition to government spending and corporate subsidies.

The ambitious effort, spearheaded partly by a for-profit consulting firm called Aegis Strategic that’s backed by the Koch network, is one of several ways in which the brothers and their allies are seeking to influence the types of candidates who carry the GOP banner. The network has taken on a vetting role in the GOP presidential primary, offering favored candidates  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr3zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jrbVJ55MTsTsS02mGvasHlVvajH4JytQnYKeMHmNcKgzmpfUQbCfQ-pcIngH2Iq5OdlyWtQn2XIvZ2GFtroPxYq5WuHa6NbSQ-jJoMBFt5eXzz9I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrDYq9> access to its donors and activists. And some within the network have even advocated targeting from six to 12 GOP House members who have run afoul of the Koch orthodoxy on fiscal issues and who are facing 2016 primary challenges, sources told POLITICO.

Tim Phillips, president of the most aggressive Koch-backed group, Americans for Prosperity, declined to comment on whether his group had any plans to spend money in GOP primaries. “We have not taken any options off the table. That’s the best way to put it,” he said. “We have not precluded the possibility of it. We’re looking at every option.”

In the Ernst race, the Koch support included hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of television ads funded by undisclosed donors and tens of thousands of dollars in direct campaign contributions. The spending would have been difficult to trace back to the Koch network during Ernst’s campaign, but details are expected to emerge this week when the central Koch nonprofit, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, files its tax disclosures.

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 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/5fHCNAp6x0qdEIc3Cm67SkjtPqdS4QQmnbI6QrI9FEIKfL6QrI9FEIKnvdETojjhpd7bzxKl2uHizk5mStu00CXreL00jqpEVd791xxN_HYCqenNP8UtRXBQSnXY-e7e8EIth5dqWqJXIsG7DR8OJMddIndEEK6XCXCM0vD_qsGMfQMgfGhU03x9oUseod7b1I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrwqzZtkCp> “Los Angeles Updates Voting Procedures To Help Curb Declining Turnout”

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndz8wcygsrhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrohdEEK6XCXCM0vD_qsGMfQMgfGhU03x9oUseod7b1I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsr8zAhkDloBWB9> November 11, 2015 6:45 pm by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsS91NJ5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJxcSyyUrKrKr01-vZFOH0_j10-F7w0e4JrCjH4VASvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedFY-4sGPcNrZz> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndz9J5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJxASyyUrKrKr01gmzM074XELUyzyaecfLKfzC6nIfHgLI2fD_gKSIxI_EncRDa14KJ6JLgrzZ2YWBOvDH5XdN85QfIva4E4iYSUMGTcATdklI4dAhwtitoBG4ZzXgg13sRhmBmUSYWpykV_7BSww26VGyGLEirleFmQJfdDWob-vZFOH0KgGT2TQ1i7Hr6qLMCnfBiterJbLgrdKcenv76PiSd1kQKCy0q2EOq80pVyxEwS21Ew4GGG_2uNb6y1574kYhvdIzzuyKYcry1Dqui> NPR reports.

Disclosure: I now serve on the LA County VSAP.

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 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPosrhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrosdEEK6XCXCM0vD_qsGMfQMgfGhU03x9oUseod7apI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsr6V6-47W5rNJj> “FEC Refuses to Close the ‘Chevron’ Loophole in the Ban Against Campaign Contributions From Government Contractors”

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr6xASyMMepoovphdTdETojjhpsKMrhKMCCyOU-YrhKMCCyOVtYSztxdd5AQsKe6Vk9WJadglrpRU02rJIWY01dFCzAQsA6677-LOpEVv7czxTnKnjpvLPUUsUyyNR4kRHFGTKNOEuvkzaT0QSMedEEK6XCXCM0vD_qsGMfQMgfGhU03x9oUseod7apI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrVQIoE7Cly3k-> November 11, 2015 12:07 pm by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/5fHCMUSyMMepoovphdTdETojjhpsKMrhKMCCyOU-YrhKMCCyOVtYSztxdd5AQsKe6Vk9WJadglrpRU02rJIWY01dFCzAQsA6677-LOpEVv7czxTnKnjpvLPUUsUyyNR4kRHFGTKNOEuvkzaT0QSMYrhhsdTdTdw0_f-QVlwvFwwvkzM072mJP9RysOrfQMnY_XjBm1sxlK5LE2AfmScRvxcKvaAWsTqnuwSrsosK-edCBIq2FFtd40Q5hAQg0PP53h1I43h09lll-4Zymd42ae8FUy-rp76THH50DueZS8s> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPosrhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrod79J55MTsTsS02JasxjUs01NqfQF6JlsmzZahHlmfEizZFZpRkA6xNPUVcQsCPZc5_f-QVlwn8lrxrW0F3RJzdnUjbDOFeDdSBTEdCT67bLzzpFr6wGqnjh0d1kpd40cYNgQgr10Qg2lllvxfoBzh0yzyau8LCShNJa2cBNQ9TuKI> Release:

A deadlock by the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Public Citizen’s request that the agency close a loophole of its own making that allows federal contractors to make campaign contributions through subsidiaries means the loophole remains. The 3-3 vote came Tuesday evening.

“It’s irresponsible for the agency to let stand a policy that guts a key campaign finance rule,” said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division. “Any major corporation can set up multiple entities within the same corporate family, one for making campaign contributions to curry favor and another for receiving the largess of lucrative government contracts.”

The silver lining, Holman said, is that Public Citizen’s  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPoArhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrvKrhhsdTdTdw0HiD8k-700sgHpJnUjFzLSbHvekVlwntH4L5I_RtaOwhbNYKXW7NQYLqI9NSQWNFOO3FI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrk96o4WhI> petition (PDF) and the comments from the public and other elections enforcement agencies in support of it may have helped guide the FEC general counsel’s office on how to enforce effective pay-to-play laws and helped win over the Democratic commissioners to support reconsidering the agency’s current policy. The petition is well poised to resurface with any change in the FEC’s membership.

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Posted in  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPoAcz9J5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJZcSyyUrKrKr01-vZFOH0_j10-F7w0e4HrcV6VI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrWq8yNNh> campaign finance,  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndyhJ5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJZASyyUrKrKr01-vZFOH0_j10-F7w0e4HrcVdwSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedOAdJBYRdM57a> federal election commission

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/5fHCN0gdEIc3Cm67SkjtPqdS4QQmnbI6QrI9FEIKfL6QrI9FEIKnvdETojjhpd7bzxKl2uHizk5mStu00CXreL00jqpEVd791xxN_HYCqenNP8UtRXBQSnXY-e7e8EIth5dqWqJXIsG7DR8OJMddLI6Qkn3tPtPo0fP_Jelo7Wo87R8Y01MAIse7c6zCVI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsr6B5zUzyj> “Peter Cannon: Let veterans vote with VA card”

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndy0Q83hJ5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJZYSyyUrKrKr01-vZFOH0_j10-F7w0e4BzxMVwQsTdDWob-vZFOH0KgGT2TQ1i7Hr6qLMCnfBiterJbLgrdKcenv76PiSd1kQKCy0q2EOq80pVyxEwS21Ew4GGG_2uNb6y1574kYhvdIzzqI_FklfD> November 11, 2015 12:06 pm by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr4xAqdEIc3Cm67SkjtPqdS4QQmnbI6QrI9FEIKfL6QrI9FEIKnvdETojjhpd7bzxKl2uHizk5mStu00CXreL00jqpEVd791xxN_HYCqenNP8UtRXBQSnXY-e7e8EIth5dqWqJXIsG7DR8OJMddLK6Qkn3tPtPo0fP_Jelo7Wo87R8Y01MBHsOtoDcCPZc5_f-QVlwn8lrxrW0F3RJzdnUjbDOFeDdSBTEdCT67bLzzpFr6wGqnjh0d1kpd40cYNgQgr10Qg2lllvxfoBzh0yzyau8LCShNIxI1> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPowrhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrv76Qkn3tPtPo0cDmA-lR2laMVv35178uoFBlFgBm6mGuSH32bvQDyTP-9uSMxm1s_VBPfP-eMEncRDVsNapcKpQLroEpIpOIvUGUzJO7LWntd78UwnvtuQKY-gubA7TQQkQ_sgK_MedDWob-vZFOH0KgGT2TQ1i7Hr6qLMCnfBiterJbLgrdKcenv76PiSd1kQKCy0q2EOq80pVyxEwS21Ew4GGG_2uNb6y1574kYhvdIzzol7o1gPxbbyi> Wisconsin State Journal oped:

Today is Veterans Day, and Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin will no doubt be thanking us for our service and telling us how important we are and how much they honor us.

But their words ring hollow because they won’t even let us use our Veterans Administration ID card as a valid proof of identity when we try to go vote in the next election.

This is part and parcel of their overall scheme to make it much more difficult for hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites to vote under the new Voter ID law they passed.

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndxMQd20srhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrvudEEK6XCXCOsVHkiP2DqwxeKMbsLB2uNY36UDD4VPm7Iy0Zcn7Fy_D_qsGMfQMgfGhU02fj5NX8KIfp3xMVwQsTq208Dap_D3QT1WrbOqtNX8O5LDYhWtNbogH0uO83QXxnVzQXCvDYtxguDsPmvzQXC9j9zQXxAg7FTJIk1WrwZdBVdd4uOcJ1048viQpbjBm1NI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsryVmxy6II> <share_save_171_16.png>

Posted in  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr4zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jrVEVdEEK6XCXCM0vD_qsGMfQMgfGhU03xaSPehudDWob-vZFOH0KgGT2TQ1i7Hr6qLMCnfBiterJbLgrdKcenv76PiSd1kQKCy0q2EOq80pVyxEwS21Ew4GGG_2uNb6y1574kYhvdIzzq8-Z-cHr2WeZ> election administration,  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPoQrhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrsKrhhsdTdTdw0_f-QVlwvFwwvkzM072lJCsVsSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedSvJ4sHO3> The Voting Wars,  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIq6hEqdEIc3Cm67SkjtPqdS4QQmnbI6QrI9FEIKfL6QrI9FEIKnvdETojjhpd7bzxKl2uHizk5mStu00CXreL00jqpEVd791xxN_HYCqenNP8UtRXBQSnXY-e7e8EIth5dqWqJXIsG7DR8OJMddK8CQkn3tPtPo0fP_Jelo7Wo87R8Y01MBrpD6zASvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedIRYk> voter id

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/5fHCMUq6jqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jrypJ55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9b73xP3MUSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedZcFKvDJB-R9W> Let’s Hope Glenn Reynolds is Using the Literary Device of Hyperbole

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr6wUi43qb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jrz9J55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9b73xP3MUSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedBAyPKWh5> November 11, 2015 11:43 am by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIg3zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jrz1J55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9qTcDm9P9I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrI9En> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIgdEIc3Cm67SkjtPqdS4QQmnbI6QrI9FEIKfL6QrI9FEIKnvdETojjhpd7bzxKl2uHizk5mStu00CXreL00jqpEVd791xxN_HYCqenNP8UtRXBQSnXY-e7e8EIth5dqWqJXIsG7DR8OJMddKfCQkn3tPtPo09KCPGxFrBYFeIiSlmB2looDt5_4kshhOeOFVsPmsE4i-AvbFLBOSD-nlBiBmUObHhHfWjEnmGvasHqungYxI_bSGuSH31PXUUsMUZxI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsr-J2bSSE1> ….to call for raising the voting age to 25.

But it  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPow91NJ5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJNMSyyUrKrKr01kfSvYLCNDaN_QO7Ca2KMg5lGDODaRcmGvasHkNeWb6njOpfNm7C1mRok-9DpOc-aXiCJDP5qM5vS9VolcRDa14llH7NmfHdA3VmS51lTP7N5jdp_6D0USvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedZ-aJXok2> sure does echo the conservative view to make voting harder, not easier, to weed out “undesirable” voters.

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Posted in  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndygA72hJ5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJNUSyyUrKrKr01-vZFOH0_j10-F7w0e4HrcVB4SvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedxyvkzkUE> voting

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsS92gArhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrsd79J55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9b73xP3PVI_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrg7CGQsMoD7zm> “Veterans Day, Still No Right to Vote”

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr4x0SyMMepoovphdTdETojjhpsKMrhKMCCyOU-YrhKMCCyOVtYSztxdd5AQsKe6Vk9WJadglrpRU02rJIWY01dFCzAQsA6677-LOpEVv7czxTnKnjpvLPUUsUyyNR4kRHFGTKNOEuvkzaT0QSeKrhhsdTdTdw0_f-QVlwvFwwvkzM072iNMUsMY-rfQMnY_XjBm1sxlK5LE2AfmScRvxcKvaAWsTqnuwSrsosK-edCBIq2FFtd40Q5hAQg0PP53h1I43h09lll-4Zymd42ae8FUy-rp76VJKw> November 11, 2015 11:39 am by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPoOd20wrhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqr78CQkn3tPtPo0fP_Jelo7Wo87R8Y01MBHsOtoDcCPZc5_f-QVlwn8lrxrW0F3RJzdnUjbDOFeDdSBTEdCT67bLzzpFr6wGqnjh0d1kpd40cYNgQgr10Qg2lllvxfoBzh0yzyau8LCShNKZIZstpqatcL> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsS938O839J5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FIsCrhhsdTdTdw0yrrHIE4pRwJmA-nO7OfbCfSfUp-vNS52W6ByZ9OffbMGnz8yjCnDkKpHfNkwaLfIIFInU76PZc5_f-QVlwn8lrxrW0F3RJzdnUjbDOFeDdSBTEdCT67bLzzpFr6wGqnjh0d1kpd40cYNgQgr10Qg2lllvxfoBzh0yzyau8LCShNKSIT> Neal Weare:

Veterans Day is a painful reminder of inequality for veterans in America’s territories who are disenfranchised because of where they live.

In 2013, Luis Segovia was deployed to Afghanistan, a world away from his family in Guam. For him it was a bit of deja-vu; four years earlier he was serving his first tour in Afghanistan. A lot had changed in his life since. He had moved from Chicago to Guam, married the woman of his dreams, and started a family. One thing he hadn’t expected was that a change in zipcode would mean he longer would be able to vote for president.

Being denied basic democratic participation is something he could never have imagined in 2005, when he was deployed for 18 months in Iraq. Serving at Forward Operation Base Marez near Mosul, one of his primary missions was providing security for the 2005 Iraqi election. He felt a sense of accomplishment, he could feel history being made.

A decade later, Luis is still proud to be defending America’s democratic and constitutional values as a Staff Sergeant in the Guam National Guard and as a civilian police officer at Anderson Air Force Base. But on Veterans Day, it just doesn’t feel right that he’s now on the sidelines of democracy, a spectator rather than a participant despite his three tours of service.

What’s perhaps most perplexing to Luis is that if he had moved to the neighboring Northern Mariana Islands, another U.S. territory, or even if he had moved permanently to a foreign country, his right to vote for President would have been protected under both federal and state overseas absentee voter laws. To Luis, these kinds of arbitrary lines seem completely unfair.

Yesterday, Luis  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr3xEq4zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3joVASyyUrKrKr9PCJhbcatiQp44enN2JIjud7aoVN5BX1aGGN-OxcKcuhGpBFsOn6qX50LlQKd7_qsGMbylllpkFaIfzgSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedUj0ejQe2> filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Chicago to determine whether these arbitrary distinctions between similarly situated citizens are also unconstitutional.

Joining Luis in this federal voting rights lawsuit is another veteran in Guam, two more in Puerto Rico, and the Guam-based veterans organization Iraq Afghanistan and Persian Gulf Veterans of the Pacific. Two individuals from the U.S. Virgin Islands, along with the League of Women Voters of the Virgin Islands, are also plaintiffs.

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 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPos820O96Qm61Pb33Xa9KVJ6X2qqbbBS3qdS4QQmn7TzqdS4QQmnbLCQrI9FEICzBNMTaxflFhG2HreL00jtJDnw09JcQsCzAwMMU_R-jd7bUVAseWZOWrbZ-v73D4kmeEyCJtdmZSel3PWApmU6CNPxJ55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9b73xP3P9I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsryU96> “Clinton, Bush lawyers square off in FEC proxy war”

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 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIpdEIc3Cm67SkjtPqdS4QQmnbI6QrI9FEIKfL6QrI9FEIKnvdETojjhpd7bzxKl2uHizk5mStu00CXreL00jqpEVd791xxN_HYCqenNP8UtRXBQSnXY-e7e8EIth5dqWqJXIsG7DR8OJMddLc6Qkn3tPtPo0fP_Jelo7Wo87R8Y01MAIse7cf8CPZc5_f-QVlwn8lrxrW0F3RJzdnUjbDOFeDdSBTEdCT67bLzzpFr6wGqnjh0d1kpd40cYNgQgr10Qg2lllvxfoBzh0yzyau8LCShNKsu5FZYrJibL> Judge Posner Offers “Simpler and Cruder” “Cynical” Response to Abbe Gluck on CJ Roberts in King v. Burwell

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr41ESyMMepoovphdTdETojjhpsKMrhKMCCyOU-YrhKMCCyOVtYSztxdd5AQsKe6Vk9WJadglrpRU02rJIWY01dFCzAQsA6677-LOpEVv7czxTnKnjpvLPUUsUyyNR4kRHFGTKNOEuvkzaT0QSY-rhhsdTdTdw0_f-QVlwvFwwvkzM072iNMUsMYyrfQMnY_XjBm1sxlK5LE2AfmScRvxcKvaAWsTqnuwSrsosK-edCBIq2FFtd40Q5hAQg0PP53h1I43h09lll-4Zymd42ae8FUy-rp76Yf0lOca8> November 11, 2015 10:19 am by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIi3zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jrPxJ55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9qTcDm9P9I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrPJ9k> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsSd6Qm61Pb33Xa9KVJ6X2qqbbBS3qdS4QQmn7TzqdS4QQmnbLCQrI9FEICzBNMTaxflFhG2HreL00jtJDnw09JcQsCzAwMMU_R-jd7bUVAseWZOWrbZ-v73D4kmeEyCJtdmZSel3PWApmU6CTxNJ55MTsTsS039X4PIk3ZchYPbP700sjKy_yaebG_2puI2WQqK_iBoBO9XtyJ2YBlLyXZFBWjSrs_EnAGJYnvJcLqHspQMSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedAHUonn57Tf4A> Harvard Law Review Forum:

Pofessor Abbe Gluck is far more steeped in the scholarly literature on statutory interpretation than I, and far more familiar with the workings of Congress than I, including the specific legislative process that generated the provision of the Affordable Care Act that was at issue in King v. Burwell. It would be an impertinence, therefore, for me to criticize her Comment, and I have no inclination or intention to do so. But I do have experience in judicial interpretation of statutes, being a judge, and I do have my own ideas about statutory interpretation, and they differ somewhat from Professor Gluck’s. They differ in being simpler, cruder — and cynical. And being simpler and cruder, they can be set forth with considerable brevity….

I don’t know Chief Justice Roberts; I am not privy to his thinking. I suppose it’s possiblethat his decision in the King case was the product of protracted rumination on the academic and other extrajudicial literature on statutory interpretation — the works of H.L.A. Hart and Henry Hart and William Eskridge and John Manning and Felix Frankfurter and Learned Hand and Antonin Scalia and countless others, including Professor Gluck — but I am dubious.

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Posted in  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/FZsS96Qm61Pb33Xa9KVJ6X2qqbbBS3qdS4QQmn7TzqdS4QQmnbLCQrI9FEICzBNMTaxflFhG2HreL00jtJDnw09JcQsCzAwMMU_R-jd7bUVAseWZOWrbZ-v73D4kmeEyCJtdmZSel3PWApmU6CTzhOrhhsdTdTdw0_f-QVlwvFwwvkzM072lJCsCyrfQMnY_XjBm1sxlK5LE2AfmScRvxcKvaAWsTqnuwSrsosK-edCBIq2FFtd40Q5hAQg0PP53h1I43h09lll-4Zymd42ae8FUy-rp76OiFxSbc> statutory interpretation,  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndzhJ5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FIQsTdEEK6XCXCM0vD_qsGMfQMgfGhU03xaSPejd79I_j1vP_Jelo5O5mUm-wagZroPl-4OVYGjFPtFtW3pJNxOXUUSqmNEaCBQQg3gl6jh03fckd46Mgd40BllnUjS9oQg8EUyDybVJAsrIfi82fnt> Supreme Court

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPos838Orhoo7cIcfIECXCQrI9FEIKnodETojjhpsvudETojjhpsK-rhKMCCyOqen73sG4ZmB6EaJIWY01dSStu00CQPhOqei333z_nVcQsLzChMXHTbFILTVYseshhoWyaqRQRrToVkffGhBrwqrd7a9J55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9b73xP0VUSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedWul2ambqYedj> “The Hydra: How the Left is Destroying American Elections”

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr3x8q6zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jpEVjdEEK6XCXCM0vD_qsGMfQMgfGhU03x9oUseo7f6PZc5_f-QVlwn8lrxrW0F3RJzdnUjbDOFeDdSBTEdCT67bLzzpFr6wGqnjh0d1kpd40cYNgQgr10Qg2lllvxfoBzh0yzyau8LCShNIdRU> November 11, 2015 10:06 am by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr3xAgdEIc3Cm67SkjtPqdS4QQmnbI6QrI9FEIKfL6QrI9FEIKnvdETojjhpd7bzxKl2uHizk5mStu00CXreL00jqpEVd791xxN_HYCqenNP8UtRXBQSnXY-e7e8EIth5dqWqJXIsG7DR8OJMddCzBASyyUrKrKr01-vZFOH0_j10-F7w0e4JrCjH4VASvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedBmJPeHwOmAul> Rick Hasen

Sounds like a balanced and reasoned discussion coming in this True the Vote conference call:

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 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr4zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jpEV76Qkn3tPtPo0fP_Jelo7Wo87R8Y01MAIse7c3D3p-C2_D_qsGMbAaJMJZ0kxWSNCHY9BPVkDjCXiXQ6Prz3BTNNIQJzgldbFEw6wGcCy06uoEq8dwwq81aGGLMDIiNEwhhN5f4nPr8USmc2Tuw49boC> “Kris Kobach’s office registers two suspended voters, files motion to dismiss lawsuit”

Posted on  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPoO83gO76Qm61Pb33Xa9KVJ6X2qqbbBS3qdS4QQmn7TzqdS4QQmnbLCQrI9FEICzBNMTaxflFhG2HreL00jtJDnw09JcQsCzAwMMU_R-jd7bUVAseWZOWrbZ-v73D4kmeEyCJtdmZSel3PWApmU6CPhOYrhhsdTdTdw0_f-QVlwvFwwvkzM072iNMUsMesdDWob-vZFOH0KgGT2TQ1i7Hr6qLMCnfBiterJbLgrdKcenv76PiSd1kQKCy0q2EOq80pVyxEwS21Ew4GGG_2uNb6y1574kYhvdIzzuthSN9IA> November 11, 2015 10:01 am by  <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/k-Kr6gUe6x0SyMMepoovphdTdETojjhpsKMrhKMCCyOU-YrhKMCCyOVtYSztxdd5AQsKe6Vk9WJadglrpRU02rJIWY01dFCzAQsA6677-LOpEVv7czxTnKnjpvLPUUsUyyNR4kRHFGTKNOEuvkzaT0QSqejhOrhhsdTdTdw0_f-QVlwvFwwvkzM072mJP9RysOrfQMnY_XjBm1sxlK5LE2AfmScRvxcKvaAWsTqnuwSrsosK-edCBIq2FFtd40Q5hAQg0PP53h1I43h09lll-4Zymd42ae8FUy-rp76Xf3HK2uqoQo> Rick Hasen

 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/1jWVIe3zqb30VBxxZB4TsSztxdd5BOX1J6X2qqbbzXNJ6X2qqbbBTPqdS4QQmjhOUUrBgDGQER1lJDnw09KSPHM04SCqejhOgoosvW_9CzBYsOe7tuVtdB-_fzxPyab7khjmKCHuX7axVZicHs3jqdXCQkn3tPtPo08HIarjBYxVyCblfBelG5OdjfNwHY9VIpOIvX32r3bbaf0USvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedCGfz0oX-> Wichita Eagle:

Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office has registered two suspended voters suing him in federal court and now argues that the case should now be thrown out.

Kobach faces a lawsuit from a pair of Douglas County residents, who were placed in suspended status when they tried to register to vote. The suit challenges the state’s requirement that prospective voters must show proof of citizenship in order to vote.

Kobach’s office filed a motion in federal court Tuesday to have the case dismissed on the grounds that the plaintiffs lack standing because they are now registered to vote. Kobach’s office registered them after the lawsuit was brought in late September.

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 <http://cp.mcafee.com/d/avndz9J5xwsOMM-OyrKrhKMCCyOVtwSztxdd5BNZUSztxdd5BOXVJ6X2qqb9EVssdOEjRqkqwGSPHM04TrpRU02rjd79EV8ccefZvAPhO-ep73KLsKCO_vDNMVN55zG8FHnjlLtzBgY-F6lK1FJ6XxJ55MTsTsS03Y_XjBm1-C21Zif00s9b73xP0VwSvFwLV_SDaI2V2Hsbvg58uJIpG_2ps-l9QVKQKZ1ISUMVtYsrdboQ5jiWq81Eaz9Ew1DCa6y3o86y0iGGHY9X4Iq84kshjN5YSOedwRLD> Legislation and Election Law Writing in Harvard Law Review’s Supreme Court Issue

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Dilexi iustitiam et odivi iniquitatem, propterea morior in exilio.

(I have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile.)

    -- the last words of Saint Pope Gregory VII (d. 1085)

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