[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/20/15
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Thu Nov 19 21:15:01 PST 2015
“Federal judge, GOP lawyer have lively exchanges over open-primary
lawsuit” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77712>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 9:05 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77712>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News from Montana:
<http://www.kxlh.com/story/30564416/federal-judge-gop-lawyer-have-lively-exchanges-over-open-primary-lawsuit>
In a hearing on a lawsuit to restrict Republican primary elections
to party members only in Montana, a federal judge Thursday
questioned whether non-Republican voters are actively crossing over
to vote in and influence GOP legislative primaries here.
“So, voters are going to give up their right to vote for the
president, the U.S. Senate and congressional (candidates of their
own party) … to vote to screw up the other guy’s legislative
candidates?” asked U.S. District Judge Brian Morris. “You’re telling
me that happens regularly?”
Matthew Monforton, a lawyer representing numerous GOP central
committees, told Morris it does happen – and that’s why Republicans
should be allowed to close their primary elections to members only.
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Posted inpolitical parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,primaries
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
“Lawyers in voter registration lawsuit against Kobach ask for
class-action status” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77710>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 7:17 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77710>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The latest from Kansas.
<http://www.kansas.com/latest-news/article45469932.html>
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
“Sanders drops line attacking super PACs from speech after super PAC
backs him” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77707>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 6:36 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77707>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/bernie-sanders-drops-super-pacs-attack-216088>:
Bernie Sanders’ disapproval of super PACs is a stand-by theme in his
stump speech, and it’s a concept that was included in the prepared
remarks of his much-anticipated speech on democratic socialism on
Thursday.
But the pre-written line went missing on Thursday, as Sanders — with
two TelePrompTers standing before him — skipped straight from a
passage about mandatory voter registration to a line-by-line
explanation of the differences between his own ideology and the
socialism people commonly think of.
“It is unacceptable that we have a corrupt campaign finance system
which allows millionaires, billionaires and large corporations to
contribute as much as they want to super PACs to elect candidates
who will represent their special interests,” Sanders’ was expected
to say during his address at Georgetown University. “We must
overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.”
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“Loyola Law School to Host Symposium on Corporate Rights and
Political Spending” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77704>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 6:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77704>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Release<http://www.lls.edu/resources/newsroom/loyolaspotlightarticles/corporationstheconstitutionanddemocracy/>for
an event I’ll be speaking at Friday:
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and Free Speech for People will host
the symposium “Corporations, the Constitution, and Democracy”
featuring a slate of prominent corporate, constitutional and
election-law scholars and a keynote address by the Hon. Leo E.
Strine, Jr., chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. The event
will be held on Friday, Nov. 20 from 12-4:30 p.m. on Loyola’s
downtown LA campus.
The panel “The Future of Corporate Constitutional Rights Litigation
and Theory,” will feature Margaret M. Blair, Vanderbilt Law School;
Erwin Cherminsky, UC Irvine School of Law; Sarah Haan, University of
Idaho College of Law; James D. Nelson, University of Houston Law
Center; Anne Tucker, Georgia State University College of Law; and
Adam Winkler, UCLA School of Law. The panel “Democracy, Corporations
and Money in Politics” will include Jeff Clements, Free Speech for
People; Richard L. Hasen, UC Irvine School of Law; Michael S. Kang,
Emory University School of Law; Jessica Levinson, Loyola Law School;
Michele Sutter, Money Out Voters In; and Abby Wood, USC Gould School
of Law.
Chief Justice Strine, a preeminent corporate law jurist, will
deliver the keynote address, “Corporate Power Ratchet: The Courts’
Role in Eroding ‘We the People’s’ Ability to Constrain Our Corporate
Creations.” Closing remarks will come from John Bonifaz, Free Speech
for People, and Elizabeth Pollman, Loyola Law School. The afternoon
will conclude with a reception.
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“Pillar of Law Challenges Illinois Cannabis Campaign Contribution
Ban” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77702>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 5:54 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77702>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Release
<https://www.pillaroflaw.org/index.php/blog/entry/pillar-of-law-challenges-illinois-cannabis-campaign-contribution-ban>:
The Pillar of Law Institutefiled a lawsuit today in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
<https://www.pillaroflaw.org/images/PDFs/BallvMadiganCompl.pdf>arguing
that Illinois law censors speech. The law, enacted as part of the
state’s medical marijuana pilot program in 2014, prohibits cannabis
cultivation centers and dispensaries from making political
contributions to candidates for state office. The suit is brought on
behalf of Claire Ball, a Libertarian candidate who is running for
the office of comptroller in the 2016 election and is prohibited
under the law from accepting contributions from medical marijuana
organizations. Scott Schluter, a Libertarian candidate who is
running for state representative, joins her in this suit.
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“Judge in Don Blankenship Trial Orders Jury to Keep Deliberating;
Jury in trial of former Massey Energy CEO had said it couldn’t agree
on verdict” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77700>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 5:51 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77700>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WSJ reports.
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-in-don-blankenship-trial-orders-jury-to-keep-deliberating-1447954894>
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“Election Law Class Visits Supreme Court, Notorious RBG”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77698>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 5:49 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77698>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Lucky
<http://news.law.fordham.edu/blog/2015/11/19/election-law-class-visits-supreme-court-notorious-rbg/>Jerry
Goldfeder students (they’re already lucky to have him as an instructor).
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“Who in New Hampshire Gets to Decide if Ted Cruz is a ‘Natural-Born
Citizen?'” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77696>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 1:19 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77696>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Derek the Muller.
<http://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2015/11/who-in-new-hampshire-gets-to-decide-if-ted-cruz-is-a-natural-born-citizen>
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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>,campaigns
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“2 Election Lawyers to Study Impact of ‘Super PACs’ on ’16 Race”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77694>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 1:09 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77694>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/19/2-election-lawyers-to-study-impact-of-super-pacs-on-16-race/>:
“Super PACs,” the outside groups that can raise unlimited funds but
can’t coordinate with candidates they support, have unquestionably
had an impact on the 2016 presidential race. But to what extent and
in what ways is not yet clear.
Two leading election lawyers – Bob Bauer, a Democrat, and Ben
Ginsberg, a Republican – will lead a research project with major
universities and veterans of presidential politics to answer that
question, along with others about campaign finance, one of the
premier issues of the 2016 presidential race.
Their report, to be issued in 2017, will draw on deep analysis of
spending data, including looking at how campaign financing affected
the nominating contests in both parties. The idea is not to be
prescriptive but instead diagnostic about the way the huge changes
in the campaign finance system since 2010 have altered presidential
polit
UPDATE:
Here’s the full press release:
/Political scientists from around the country have agreed to
participate in a major research project to study the campaign
finance system in the United States. The project, now underway,
is expected to result in a public report to be issued in 2017. /
/
/
/The project is being organized by by Bob Bauer and Ben
Ginsberg, formerly co-chairs of the Presidential Commission on
Election Administration, and the PCEA’s former Senior Research
Director, Stanford Law Professor Nate Persily. With the generous
support and other assistance from the Hewlett Foundation, the
Democracy Fund, and the Hoover Institution, the project will
involve an independent and rigorous examination of how money in
a rapidly changing campaign system is being raised and spent,
drawing on careful data collection and quantitative analysis,
with additional material drawn for qualitative assessment from
information made available by campaigns, parties and other
political organizations. /
/
/
/The report will not feature policy recommendations but will
provide a descriptive account of campaign finance, including
attention to political parties; independent and other non-party
organizations; the changing media environment, such as the uses
of digital communication and social media; disclosure of
campaign funding and spending; and issues specific to the
Presidential campaign process. /
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/Since their collaboration on the PCEA, Bauer, Ginsberg and
Persily have continued to work together on election
administration issues through the Bipartisan Policy Center in
Washington DC. Bauer also teaches political law and reform at
New York University School of Law, which is providing the
administrative support for this new project, and Ginsberg and
Persily have taught this subject together at Stanford. /
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“Senate Democrats Back Off on Campaign Finance Cuts”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77692>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 10:23 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77692>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The
latest<http://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-senate-democrats-back-off-on-campaign-finance-cuts-20151119-story.html>from
Connecticut.
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“Inside California lawmakers’ paid trips to Maui”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77690>
Posted onNovember 19, 2015 8:30 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77690>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Ingratiation and Access 101
<http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article45406533.html> will
be held in the Kea Lani conference area and bar.
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