[EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/14/15

Sun Sep 13 14:02:16 PDT 2015

    “Candidates Afloat on a Sluice of Money”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75978>

Posted onSeptember 13, 2015 1:06 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75978>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT Editorial 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/opinion/sunday/candidates-afloat-on-a-sluice-of-money.html?ref=opinion&_r=0>:

    When the Republican presidential candidates debate this week, it
    would help if voters could hear them offer detailed proposals for
    dealing with the 800-pound fat cat in the room — superrich donors
    who are making enormous, often untraceable contributions that
    undoubtedly tie candidates to special-interest agendas.

    The money flood, invited by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United
    decision, is floating candidacies in both parties, with politicians
    ceaselessly begging for millions from the most affluent Americans.
    Two candidates are notably absent from the race for excess money —
    Donald Trump on the Republican slate, and Bernie Sanders, the
    independent senator from Vermont whose criticism of the super PAC
    political culture has won him supporters.

    Hillary Rodham Clinton is accepting super PAC money to survive, she
    says, even as she vows to rein in entities that can take in
    unlimited contributions. Cynics are laughing, but the proposals
    sheoutlined last week
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-announces-campaign-finance-reform-plan.html>are
    excellent.

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    “NC seats are safe and voters are ignored”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75976>

Posted onSeptember 13, 2015 1:01 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75976>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

News and Observer editorial. 
<http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article35058987.html>

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Posted inredistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>

    ELB Podcast, Episode 5. Nina Perales: Latino Voting Rights Struggles
    in Texas and Beyond <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75973>

Posted onSeptember 12, 2015 8:31 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75973>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

What is the state of Latino voting rights in the state of Texas and 
beyond? What’s happening with the never-ending redistricting litigation 
in San Antonio, raising questions about whether Texas discriminated 
against Latino voters and others? Has the demise of Section 5 of the 
Voting Rights Act thanks to the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in/Shelby 
County v. Holder /hurt minority voters?

On Episode 5 of the ELB Podcast, we talk to Nina Perales, vice president 
of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 
and one of the country’s leading voting rights lawyers.

You can listen to the ELB Podcast Episode 5 onSoundcloud 
<https://soundcloud.com/rick-hasen/elb-podcast-episode-5-nina-perales-latino-voting-rights-struggles-in-texas-and-beyond>orsubscribe 
at iTunes 
<https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/elb-podcast/id1029317166?mt=2>.

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Posted inELB Podcast <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=116>,Voting Rights 
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    He’s Baaaack! <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75970>

Posted onSeptember 12, 2015 5:21 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75970>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Justice 
Breyer<http://www.scotusmap.com/scotus_events?justice=Justice+Stephen+Breyer>kicks 
off anew book 
<http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/253016/the-court-and-the-world/>tour 
with anAdam Liptak interview 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/us/politics/justice-breyer-sees-value-in-a-global-view-of-law.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0>and 
aStephen Colbert 
<http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/>appearance.

Justice Breyer may not be among the most controversial or well known 
Justices, but he was number 2 (after Justice Sotyomayor) in mySCOTUS 
celebrity index 
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2611729>looking at 
appearances/year.

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    “Kobach’s dual voter registration scheme is illegal and should be
    dumped, ACLU says” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75968>

Posted onSeptember 12, 2015 12:26 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75968>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

KC Star 
<http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article35040282.html>on 
a very important suit.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>

    “Dem candidate agrees with Trump over big-money influence”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75966>

Posted onSeptember 12, 2015 12:15 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=75966>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Hill: 
<http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/253421-dem-candidate-agrees-with-trump-over-big-money-influence>

    Billionaire Donald Trump is telling every American who’ll listen how
    he buys their politicians, and Democratic presidential candidate
    Larry Lessig could not be happier.

    “When Donald Trump stands up [and explains how he buys politicians]…
    the public are like ‘hell yeah, finally somebody is willing to say
    what we’ve always known is true’,” said Lessig, the Harvard law
    professor who is running for president to get big money out of politics.
    “And that’s progress.”

    Lessig has no patience for much of what Trump says and does, but on
    this issue – the one Lessig cares most about – Trump has been a godsend.

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