[EL] Poor Larry

Fri Oct 2 09:16:02 PDT 2015

Brad Smith is just wrong about Linda Greenhouse, but I have to admit he has
a point here.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu> wrote:

> This cracked me up from Larry Lessig's Politico op-ed:
>
> "While news shows have been busy limning the depths of Donald Trump’s
> brain, there hasn’t been time to consider a Democratic candidate saying
> something that no other Democrat is saying—especially if the party itself
> doesn’t consider the candidate a real candidate."
>
> Lessig is a guy who has never held office and is running on an absurd
> platform. Accomplished real life Governors & Senators like Jim Webb, Bobby
> Jindahl, Lindsay Graham, Martin O'Malley, Linc Chafee, and George Pataki,
> or even Scott Walker and Rick Perry, would love a fraction of the media
> coverage Lessig has obtained in the last two months for his bizarre
> campaign. He got an interview with George Stephanopolous on This Week,
> coverage on CNN, time with Chris Hayes on MSNBC, a puff interview in Time,
> profiles (mostly puff profiles) in publications all around the country
> including US News, the NY Times, Bloomberg, Newsweek, Rolling Stone,
> Forbes, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, and many, many, more, a fawning
> intro on NPR, and of course a lot of op-ed space in Politico.
>
> Am I jealous of Larry's ability to generate media coverage? You bet your
> sweet ass I am. Life just ain't fair.
>
> *Bradley A. Smith*
>
> *Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault*
>
> *   Professor of Law*
>
> *Capital University Law School*
>
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>
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>
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> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Rick Hasen [
> rhasen at law.uci.edu]
> *Sent:* Friday, October 02, 2015 10:50 AM
> *To:* law-election at UCI.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/2/15
>
> “At end of fundraising quarter, O’Malley seeks to lessen role of money in
> politics” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76404>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:47 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76404> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> WaPo
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/01/at-end-of-fundraising-quarter-omalley-seeks-to-lessen-role-of-money-in-politics/>
> :
>
> O’Malley is pushing for a constitutional amendment to overturn the
> Citizens United court decision, tougher enforcement of existing campaign
> finance laws and a public financing system that would provide Americans
> with a $25 refundable tax credit for donating to congressional candidates.
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> “In Maryland congressional race, sharp jabs at the better-funded
> candidates” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76402>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76402> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> WaPo
> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-congressional-candidates-clash-in-early-forum/2015/10/01/9ba49700-679d-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html>
> :
>
> By virtue of money in the bank, state Sen. Jamie B. Raskin and former WJLA
> anchor Kathleen Matthews are the clear front-runners in the Democratic
> primary for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District seat.
>
> And with front-runnerhood comes increased scrutiny and attacks by
> opponents.
>
> That was the case at the first candidate forum of the primary season
> Wednesday night. Matthews, who according to campaign finance reports raised
> about $500,000 in the first month of her candidacy, was called out as “a
> millionaire white woman” by independent Liz Matory, who also accused
> Matthews of lacking support from people of color.
>
> Raskin, who has raised a little over $550,000, was assailed by fellow
> candidate and state Del. Kumar P. Barve for making a campaign contribution
> to a state Senate colleague who does not share all of his liberal agenda.
>
> I think Jamie Raskin is the first election law prof to run for Congress?
> Am I wrong?
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> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> “Voter ID: What Oregon gets right and Alabama gets wrong”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76400>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:45 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76400> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Kyle Whitmire
> <http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/10/drivers_licenses_and_voter_id.html>
>  at Al.com.
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
> “Alabama Demands Voter ID–Then Closes Driver’s License Offices In Black
> Counties” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76395>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76395> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> TPM:
> <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/alabama-drivers-licenses-voter-id>
>
> What happens when a state with a tough voter ID law suddenly makes it much
> harder for minorities to get driver’s licenses? We are about to find out in
> Alabama.
>
> Facing a budget crisis, Alabama has shuttered 31 driver’s license offices,
> many of them in counties with a high proportion of black residents. Coming
> after the state recently put into effect a tougher voter ID law, the
> closures will cut off access — particularly for minorities — to one of the
> few types of IDs accepted.
>
> According to a tally by AL.com columnist
> <http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/alabama_sends_message_we_are_t.html>John
> Archibald
> <http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/alabama_sends_message_we_are_t.html>,
> eight of the 10 Alabama counties with the highest percentage of non-white
> registered voters saw their driver’s license offices closed.
>
> “Every single county in which blacks make up more than 75 percent of
> registered voters will see their driver license office closed. Every one,”
> Archibald wrote.
>
> Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act likely would have stopped this.
> Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act *should* stop this.
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
> “Outsider Candidates’ Fundraising May Prove More Durable Than Insiders'”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76393>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76393> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Bloomberg reports.
> <http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-10-02/outsider-candidates-fundraising-may-prove-more-durable-than-insiders-?cmpid=BBD100215_POL>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> “Kansas officials to begin culling incomplete voter forms”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76391>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76391> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> AP reports.
> <http://ksn.com/2015/10/02/kansas-officials-to-begin-culling-incomplete-voter-forms/>
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
> Seattle Times Editorial Comes Out Against Campaign Finance Voucher
> Initiative <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76389>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76389> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The devil
> <http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/seattle-voters-should-reject-campaign-finance-reform-measure-initiative-122/>
>  in the details.
>
> UPDATE: Here is an opinion piece
> <http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/initiative-122-would-bring-power-back-to-the-people/>
>  supporting the measure and Paul Blumenthal coverage
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/honest-elections-seattle_560d4018e4b0af3706dfaf02>
> .
>
> I’m a big and longtime proponent of campaign finance vouchers, but I have
> not studied the details of the Seattle proposal enough to take a position
> on it.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> “I’m Trying to Run for President, but the Democrats Won’t Let Me”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76387>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76387> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Larry Lessig
> <http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/lessig-lawrence-democrats-debate-2016-213215>
>  in Politico:
>
>
>
> Here’s how you make the debates: After one declares, a candidate is
> formally welcomed into the race by the Democratic National Committee.
> Polling firms, taking a cue from the DNC, include that candidate on their
> questionnaires. Candidates that poll at 1 percent nationally in at least
> three separate polls earn an invitation. Simple enough.
>
> That’s how the process typically works for other candidacies—but not for
> mine. The DNC still has not formally welcomed me into the race—despite my
> raising money at a faster pace than more than half the pack, and being in
> the race nearly a full month. Polls, in turn, have taken the hint, only
> including me sporadically on questionnaires: of the last 10 major polls,
> only three mentioned my candidacy. One poll recently put me at 1 percent
> (for comparison, candidates O’Malley, Webb and Chafee, who will each get a
> podium at the debates, are all currently polling at 0.7 percent or less,
> according
> <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html>to
> Real Clear Politcs). Were I actually included on every poll, I would easily
> make the debates.
>
> The Democratic Party could fix this by welcoming me into the race. Yet
> when I tried to talk about this with the chair of the Democratic Party,
> Debbie Wasserman Schultz, she scheduled a call, but then cancelled it. So
> far she hasn’t had the time to schedule another. I’ve had similar
> experiences at the state level, where the same game is played: The chair of
> the New Hampshire Democrats invited me to speak at their convention. I was
> given 5 minutes. Hillary Clinton took an hour.
>
>
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> Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, campaign
> finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> More Bauer on Hasen on #SCOTUS and Campaign Finance
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76385>
> Posted on October 2, 2015 7:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76385> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Here
> <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2015/10/assigning-responsibility-implosion-part-ii-implications-reform-programs/>
> .
>
> I’ll have more to say about the subject of Bob’s second post when Plutocrats
> Unite
> <http://www.amazon.com/Plutocrats-United-Campaign-Distortion-Elections/dp/0300212453/ref=la_B0089NJCR2_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430416698&sr=1-7>d
> is released in January.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme
> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
> “A case study on college poll workers; An in-depth look at the Chicago
> Program” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76383>
> Posted on October 1, 2015 12:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76383>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly
> <http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.
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> Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
> “GAB head asks lawmakers to delay overhaul of elections agency”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76381>
> Posted on October 1, 2015 8:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76381> by
>  Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> *Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
> <http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/gab-head-asks-lawmakers-to-delay-overhaul-of-elections-agency-b99587503z1-330102791.html>*
> :
>
> The head of the state’s elections board has urged legislative leaders to
> slow down their plans to overhaul the agency, but top GOP lawmakers say
> they will unveil their restructuring plans next week.
>
> Gerald Nichol, chairman of the Government Accountability Board, in a
> letter to lawmakers raised concerns about restructuring the board 13 months
> before the high-turnout presidential election. His request to slow down
> fell on deaf ears.
>
> On Wednesday, aides to Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau)
> and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said they reached a deal on
> the matter. They declined to provide details, saying they would make their
> plans public next week.
>
> Deplorable.
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>
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