[EL] ELB News and Commentary 1/22/16

Thu Jan 21 20:42:10 PST 2016

    “As Jeb Bush Struggles, Some Allies Blame His ‘Super PAC’”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79203>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:36 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79203>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT reports. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/us/politics/jeb-bush-right-to-rise-super-pac.html?ref=politics&_r=0>

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    “Appeals Court Panel Overturns Van Hollen v. FEC, Reopening Massive
    Disclosure Loophole for 2016 Cycle “
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79199>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:26 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79199>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CLC: 
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/press-releases/appeals-court-panel-overturns-van-hollen-v-fec-reopening-massive-disclosure>

    Today in/Van Hollen v. FEC/, the Court of Appeals for the D.C.
    Circuitonce again upheld
    <http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/sites/default/files/2016-01-21%20Opinion.pdf>an
    FEC rule that severely limits federal disclosure requirements
    connected to “electioneering communications.” The appellate panel
    overturned a district court decision holding the rule “arbitrary,
    capricious, and contrary to law” for improperly narrowing the scope
    of the McCain-Feingold law’s disclosure requirements and allowing
    nonprofit 501(c)(4) advocacy groups, 501(c)(6) business
    associations, and others to spend millions on “electioneering
    communications” without disclosing their donors.

The opinion is pretty hostile to reform (a terrible panel draw at the DC 
Circuit). The opinion concludes:

    As our discussion of the FEC’s rule has shown, the Supreme Court’s
    campaign finance jurisprudence subsists, for now, on a fragile
    arrangement that treats speech, a constitutional right, and
    transparency, an extra-constitutional value, as equivalents. But
    “the centre cannot hold.” William Butler Yeats,/The Second
    Coming/(1919). Until then, however, the FEC’s purpose requirement
    survives, and the judgment of the district court is therefore reversed.

I think van Hollen should try to go en banc on this one.

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    “On Citizens United anniversary, Harry Reid picks a 6-year-old scab
    with John McCain” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79197>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:24 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79197>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Fix reports 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/21/why-is-harry-reid-going-after-john-mccain-on-the-senate-floor/>.

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Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:22 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79195>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Kate Berry blogs 
<http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/juries-death-and-judicial-elections>at the 
Brennan Center.

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    “How to End Super PACs, Once and for All: This proposal for Super
    PAC ‘insurance’ could work by deterring third-party spending.”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79193>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:19 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79193>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read thisNick Warshaw blog post 
<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/republic3-0/2016/01/how_to_end_super_pacs_once_and059351.php>, 
and if you want more info, check out the law review article 
<http://www.uclalawreview.org/forget-congress-reforming-campaign-finance-mutually-assured-destruction/>.

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    “CLC Blog Update: Trevor Potter’s Remarks at The Brookings
    Institution Campaign Finance Solutions Summit”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79191>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:18 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79191>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read the comments here. 
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/news/blog/trevor-potters-remarks-brookings-institution-campaign-finance-solutions-summit>

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    “Is ‘dark money’ boosting Bernie Sanders?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79189>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:04 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79189>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

CPI reports. 
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/21/19167/dark-money-boosting-bernie-sanders>

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    “A Reform Agenda to Counter Big Money in American Politics”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79187>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:03 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79187>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The third Fred Wertheimer post 
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fred-wertheimer/a-reform-agenda-to-counte_b_9040154.html>on 
the sixth anniversary of Citizens United.

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    “Legislative Vacancies: A Patchwork of Laws for Patching Holes in
    State Legislatures” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79185>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 8:01 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79185>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That’s the lead story in the latest issue of NCSL’sThe Canvass 
<http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-canvass-january-2016.aspx>.

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    “Congressional Handcuffs Should Not Block SEC From Dark Money Work”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79183>

Posted onJanuary 21, 2016 7:52 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=79183>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs. 
<https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/congressional-handcuffs-should-not-block-sec-dark-money-work>

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