[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/8/16

Fri Jan 8 07:57:08 PST 2016

    “A make-or-break moment for Supreme Court appointments”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78858>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:22 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78858>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Hillary Clinton 
<http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/01/08/make-break-moment-for-supreme-court-appointments/ULPa9x5VEUjqfeTn8rCpdN/story.html>has 
written this oped in the Boston Globe.

Back in September, I offered an extended version of this argumentat TPM. 
<http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/supreme-court-greatest-civil-rights-cause>

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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    “Democracy Fund’s Natalie Adona: ‘How I Learned To Stop Worrying And
    Love Queueing Theory'” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78856>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:13 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78856>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog 
<http://editions.lib.umn.edu/electionacademy/2016/01/08/democracy-funds-natalie-adona-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-queueing-theory/>.

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    “Law allows political parties to hide sources of corporate
    donations” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78854>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78854>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Wisconsin, 
<http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/law-allows-political-parties-to-hide-sources-of-corporate-donations-b99647830z1-364591981.html>naturally.

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    “The Past and Future of Buckley v. Valeo”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78852>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:11 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78852>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Cato and CCP 
<http://www.cato.org/events/past-future-buckley-v-valeo>will be holding 
this event in DC on Jan. 26.

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    “Single-Candidate Super PACs and the Transparency Option”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78850>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78850>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bauer blogs. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/01/single-candidate-super-pacs-transparency-option/>

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    “No One Hates Political Ads More Than Car Dealers”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78848>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:09 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78848>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg reports. 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-01-08/no-one-hates-political-ads-more-than-car-delaers?cmpid=BBD010816_POL>

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    “Buckley @ 40: The Supreme Court’s Most Important Money in Politics
    Case, Four Decades Later” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78846>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:09 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78846>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Demos 
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buckley-40-the-supreme-courts-most-important-money-in-politics-case-four-decades-later-registration-19792374525?utm_source=Demos&utm_campaign=34005382a3-Buckley+at+40+Event&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e07d7f6936-34005382a3-66890525>doing 
this great event Jan. 28 in DC.

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    “Steve Israel: Confessions of a Congressman”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78844>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:07 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78844>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Rep. 
Israel<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/09/opinion/steve-israel-confessions-of-a-congressman.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0>in 
NYT oped:

    Since then, I’ve spent roughly 4,200 hours in call time, attended
    more than 1,600 fund-raisers just for my own campaign and raised
    nearly $20 million in increments of $1,000, $2,500 and $5,000 per
    election cycle. And things have only become worse in the five years
    since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which ignited an
    explosion of money in politics by ruling that the government may not
    ban political spending by corporations in elections.

    I saw the consequences firsthand.

    As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, I
    was invited to glamorous Washington galas, the ones where thousands
    of eyes make no eye contact, where pupils constantly rove in search
    of someone more powerful. At one dinner, in 2012, I was chatting
    with a powerful Republican congressional colleague. Despite the fact
    that the Democrats were in the minority, our campaign committee had
    in recent years equaled or surpassed the G.O.P. in fund-raising. My
    colleague amiably congratulated me and then added, “But in the end
    our guys will have more super PAC money than your guys.”

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    “Voter ID case will go to trial in January”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78842>

Posted onJanuary 8, 2016 7:05 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78842>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Michael Hewlett 
<http://www.journalnow.com/news/elections/voter-id-case-will-go-to-trial-in-january/article_3241eec6-6a5c-593c-a9ad-33c0786d7e45.html?platform=hootsuite>for 
the Winston-Salem Journal:

    Attorneys for the N.C. NAACP have raised questions about how much
    effort state elections officials have put into publicizing the
    change and training county election officials. State attorneys argue
    that state election officials have updated their websites, conducted
    training and distributed information to educate voters.

    In court papers filed in December, attorneys for the N.C. NAACP
    cited a deposition from Kim Strach, the state’s elections director,
    in which she said the “reasonable impediment” declaration should be
    interpreted broadly and that election officials should “err on the
    side of viewing declarations in the light most favorable to the voter.”

    State attorneys have refused to include Strach’s points in a written
    agreement or “commit to publicizing Ms. Strach’s interpretation of
    the Reasonable Impediment Declaration in an official memorandum to
    county board of elections or poll workers.”

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Posted inelection administration 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

    “NC voter ID trial set for Jan. 25”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78840>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 7:50 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78840>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The News and Observer reports 
<http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article53379245.html>.

Looking more and more likely we’ll get a single opinion from Judge Bates 
about the full challenge to the North Carolina voting law.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>,voter id 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

    “Congress Could Revamp FEC Enforcement: CRS”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78838>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 7:27 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78838>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=81454462&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0h7q1f8w2&split=0>:

    Congress could address persistent criticism of the Federal Election
    Commission by clarifying controversial issues in campaign finance
    law or by restructuring the FEC itself, according to a newreport
    <http://src.bna.com/bUI>from the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
    The report noted, however, that not everyone agrees that lack of
    strong FEC enforcement is a problem.

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    I’m Beating Karl Marx <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78833>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 5:26 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78833>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

At least for the moment, in “Hot New Releases” in Political Economy.

Screen Shot 2016-01-07 at 4.35.26 PM 
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2016-01-07-at-4.35.26-PM.png>

Who knew that the Communist Manifesto was a Hot New Release?

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Posted inPlutocrats United <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=104>

    “Judges pick new congressional map for Virginia”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78831>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 5:22 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78831>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP 
<http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2016/01/07/judges-pick-new-congressional-map-virginia/78434340/>:

    A federal court has picked a new congressional map for Virginia that
    significantly changes the racial makeup of two districts, but could
    be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

    A three-judge panel on Thursday ordered the state to implement a new
    redistricting map for the 2016 election. The move comes after the
    panel concluded for a second time last year that legislators in 2012
    illegally packed black voters into the 3rd Congressional District,
    represented by Democrat Bobby Scott.

    The judges initially ordered the General Assembly to redraw the
    lines, but when lawmakers balked, the judges hired an expert to help
    them do it themselves.

    The new map significantly alters Scott’s district and the 4th
    Congressional District, represented by Republican Randy Forbes.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    “Black Pastors Sue Virginia Board Of Elections Over GOP Loyalty
    Pledge” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78829>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 3:31 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78829>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Asma Khalid reports 
<http://www.npr.org/2016/01/07/462293408/black-pastors-sue-virginia-board-of-elections-over-gop-loyalty-pledge>for 
NPR. In the piece, I expressconsiderable skepticism 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78786>about this suit.

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    “How Florida’s New District Maps Could Give Democrats An Edge”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78827>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 3:04 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78827>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Greg Allen 
<http://www.npr.org/2016/01/07/462255563/how-floridas-new-district-maps-could-give-democrats-an-edge>reports 
for NPR.

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    “AALS Elects University of California, Irvine School of Law into
    Membership” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78825>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 1:49 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78825>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Another milestone 
<http://www.law.uci.edu/news/press-releases/01-07-16.html>for our new 
school.

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    Yeah, Influence and Access of the Super Wealthy Don’t Matter
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78823>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 1:35 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78823>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Adelson > Reid > Obama.

Wow <https://twitter.com/RalstonReports/status/685212438724087808>.

Doesn’t matter that he didn’t get it. He got the Senate Majority Leader 
to make his pitch.

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    In Missouri, Sex (With Lobbyists) Might Be a “Gift”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78820>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 1:12 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78820>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Political Wire explains. 
<https://politicalwire.com/2016/01/07/lawmakers-would-have-to-disclose-sex-with-lobbyists/>

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    “EAC Hosts 2016 Swing State Roundtable”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78818>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 12:44 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78818>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That’s the lead story in this week’sElectionline Weekly. 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>

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    “2016 Will Test the Power of Super PACs”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78816>

Posted onJanuary 7, 2016 11:47 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=78816>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy 
writes<http://billmoyers.com/story/2016-will-test-the-power-of-super-pacs/>at 
Moyers & Co.

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