[EL] ELB News and Commentary 10/28/15

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Mon Oct 26 21:42:44 PDT 2015 

    “WATCH: Chewbacca ARRESTED in Ukraine after police caught him
    campaigning for Darth Vader” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77058>

Posted onOctober 26, 2015 9:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77058>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here 
<http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/614737/Chewbacca-arrested-Ukraine-police-campaigning-Darth-Vader>. 
  As one commenter on twitter noted, it was a wookie mistake.

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    “Seattle initiative puts spotlight on campaign financing”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77055>

Posted onOctober 26, 2015 9:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77055>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Seattle Times reports 
<http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-initiative-puts-spotlight-on-campaign-financing/>:

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    “Raskin wins support of campaign reform super PAC in Maryland race”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77053>

Posted onOctober 26, 2015 7:40 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77053>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Mayday. 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/raskin-wins-support-of-campaign-reform-super-pac-in-maryland-race/2015/10/26/09800c4e-7be6-11e5-beba-927fd8634498_story.html>

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    “Want to reform campaign finance and reduce corruption? Here’s how.”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77051>

Posted onOctober 26, 2015 7:38 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77051>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ray LaRaja and Brian Schaffner atThe Monkey Cage. 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/10/26/want-to-reform-campaign-finance-and-reduce-corruption-heres-how/>

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    “Lawrence Lessig’s Presidential Bid Endures in Relative Obscurity”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77049>

Posted onOctober 26, 2015 2:55 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77049>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must read NYT. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/us/politics/lawrence-lessigs-presidential-bid-endures-in-relative-obscurity.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0>

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    Measuring Congressional Dysfunction
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77046>

Posted onOctober 26, 2015 1:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77046>byRichard Pildes 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=7>

Getting agreement on a metric of congressional dysfunction is 
difficult.  Here is one measure I haven’t seen before, which is offered 
inDavid A. Fahrenthold‘s storytoday 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2015/10/25/28cfaff0-6d59-11e5-9bfe-e59f5e244f92_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop_b>in 
the WaPo on why Senator Rubio plans to leave the Senate if his 
presidential bid fails:

    In Rubio’s first two years, the Senate held just 486 recorded votes.
    That was the fewest in 20 years, according to the publicationVital
    Statistics on Congress
    <http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/07/vital-statistics-congress-mann-ornstein>.

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    Interested in Assigning “Plutocrats United” to Your Spring Course?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77042>

Posted onOctober 26, 2015 8:38 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77042>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

In response to an inquiry about usingmy new 
book<http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300212457>in a Spring 
campaign finance course, I see that Yale University Press has now posted 
thetable of contents 
<http://yalepress.yale.edu/tocs/9780300212457_toc.pdf>for Plutocrats 
United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Decline of American 
Democracy. The book is available forpre-order at Amazon with a 28% 
discount. 
<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> It 
is available Jan. 12.  Here is the catalog description:

    Campaign financing is one of today’s most divisive political issues.
    The left asserts that the electoral process is rife with corruption.
    The right protests that the real aim of campaign limits is to
    suppress political activity and protect incumbents. Meanwhile, money
    flows freely on both sides. In/Plutocrats United,/Richard Hasen
    argues that both left and right avoid the key issue of the new
    Citizens United era: balancing political inequality with free speech.

    The Supreme Court has long held that corruption and its appearance
    are the only reasons to constitutionally restrict campaign funds.
    Progressives often agree but have a much broader view of corruption.
    Hasen argues for a new focus and way forward: if the government is
    to ensure robust political debate, the Supreme Court should allow
    limits on money in politics to prevent those with great economic
    power from distorting the political process.

Here areearly 
reviews<http://yalepress.yale.edu/reviews.asp?isbn=9780300212457>of the 
book.

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    Bonus Quote of the Day, From Mr. Burns
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77040>

Posted onOctober 26, 2015 7:53 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=77040>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

“A major donor to a super PAC has an agenda and seeks influence,” Mr. 
Burns said. “It’s why the PAC was created in the first place.”

—Jeb Bush Moves Between Campaign and Super PAC with Ease” 
<http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/10/25/jeb-bush-moves-between-campaign-and-super-pac-with-ease/>(too 
bad it is notthis Mr. Burns 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Burns#/media/File:Mr_Burns.png>)

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