[EL] ELB News and Commentary 6/25-26/16

[Daniel Tokaji]

Brennan Center Report on “Dark Money” in State Elections
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83839>
Posted on June 26, 2016 7:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83839> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Brennan Center today issued a this report
<https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/secret-spending-states> outside
spending in six states, finding that “on average, only 29 percent of
outside spending was fully transparent in 2014 in the states we examined,
sharply down from 76 percent in 2006.”  Bloomberg has this story
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-26/secret-campaign-cash-gushes-into-u-s-state-and-local-elections>
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
A Modern-Day Poll Tax? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83848>
Posted on June 26, 2016 7:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83848> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) makes the argument
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-veasey/in-2016-why-are-voters-st_b_10673706.html>
regarding
ID laws in Texas and other states.
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Posted in voter id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
“Records Reveal Little Advance Word to Officials on Voting-Rights Move”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83845>
Posted on June 26, 2016 7:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83845> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports
<http://www.fredericksburg.com/townnews/politics/records-reveal-little-advance-word-to-officials-on-voting-rights/article_a28d81bf-78e3-5215-b82d-8f7c1b87c603.html>
on what documents from its state FOIA request reveal about the lead-up to
Governor McAuliffe’s restoration of felons’ voting rights.
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Posted in felon voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>
“Democrats Demand Action on Voting Rights Bill”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83843>
Posted on June 26, 2016 6:57 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83843> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Don’t hold your breath
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/06/25/democrats-demand-action-voting-rights-bill/86387790/>
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Posted in Voting Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
Is Brexit an Indictment of Direct Democracy?
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83841>
Posted on June 26, 2016 6:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83841> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Competing
<http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/brexit-the-american-founding-fathers-had-it-right-direct-democracy-is-a-dead-duck/>
views
<http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/brexit-an-indictment-of-direct-democracy-or-vulgar-politics-as-usual/>
in The Diplomat, citing Hamilton and Machiavelli.
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Posted in direct democracy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=62>
“Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83837>
Posted on June 26, 2016 6:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83837> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/us/politics/donald-trump-and-rnc-see-common-foe-rogue-delegates.html?ref=politics>
reports
that the Trump campaign and RNC “are employing hard-nosed tactics, warning
delegates that attempting to undermine Donald J. Trump’s claim to the
nomination violates party rules, and threatening to deny speaking slots to
Republicans they deem disloyal for not backing him.”
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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>
National Constitution Center Hires Lyle Denniston as Full-Time Supreme
Court Correspondent <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83831>
Posted on June 25, 2016 5:44 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83831> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

A great move
<http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/06/lyle-denniston-joins-national-constitution-center-as-supreme-court-correspondent/>
for NCC, especially given the following that Lyle’s outstanding work at
SCOTUSblog
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/06/one-journey-over-the-quest-continues/>
has earned.
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Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
Hearing in Louisiana Republican Party’s Challenge to Soft Money Ban
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83828>
Posted on June 25, 2016 5:30 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83828> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Bloomberg BNA ($) has this story
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?lt=email&fname=A0J6X3V8G2&lf=eml&emc=mpdm:mpdm:109>
on
yesterday’s hearing <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83798> before a
three-judge district court, including U.S. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan who
was reportedly skeptical of the argument pressed by plaintiffs’ attorney
Jim Bopp:

While the logic of the high court’s recent majority opinions [like *Citizens
United *and *McCutcheon*] might indicate soft-money ban is on shaky ground,
Srinivasan said, a lower court must be reluctant to overturn a provision
specifically left in place by the Supreme Court. Such a move “just sounds
like something we’re not supposed to do,” he said.

BNA also reports that about half the 90 minute argument was spent
discussing whether plaintiffs have standing.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
#WaitingforLyle Era Over but Lyle Will Thankfully Still Cover SCOTUS
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83826>
Posted on June 25, 2016 2:56 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83826> by *Rick
Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Lyle Denniston, who has covered the Supreme Courtvfor many decades with
excellence and fairness, is leaving
<http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/06/one-journey-over-the-quest-continues/>
SCOTUSBlog, but still write on the Court for Constitution Daily.

I have been email friends with Lyle for years in connection with my work on
ELB. Lyle is always generous with his time and insights, unflinchingly fair
and accurate, and never afraid to tell me when he thinks I’ve veered off
course.

He is a national treasure and I wish him well on this next journey. But
things will never be the same without #waitingorlyle. One more for the road
Monday.
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Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
“POLITICO Delegate Survey: Dump Trump Lacks the Votes”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83824>
Posted on June 25, 2016 5:34 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83824> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

No surprise
<http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/politico-delegate-survey-dump-trump-unwelcome-in-cleveland-224796>
in this survey of Republican rules committee members.
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Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>
D-Backs Legend’s Ad for McCain <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83821>
Posted on June 25, 2016 5:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83821> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Arizona’s Politics has two
<http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2016/06/watchread-arizona-diamonback-luis_23.html>
 posts
<http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2016/06/gonzo-diamondbacks-take-lead-off-1st.html>
on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Arizona Chamber of Commerce’s $570K buy
for an ad in support of Senator McCain, featuring former Arizona
Diamondbacks star — hero of the 2001 World Series
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNt3UuDTBz8> — and now senior advisor to
the team, Luis Gonzalez.
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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Drutman on Rauch and Responsiveness <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83819>
Posted on June 25, 2016 5:03 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83819> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Lee Drutman has this piece
<http://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/6/24/12020198/rauch-politics-chaos> on
Vox responding to Rauch.
<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/how-american-politics-went-insane/485570/>
Drutman
argues:

The current chaos is instead the logical backlash to the inequalities that
the existing power structures have created in order to maintain themselves.
What we’re seeing now is what happens when party elites and political
leaders ignore the economic concerns of their voters for too long, and then
stir up anger and resentment to distract from that fact. It’s a product of
too little democratic responsiveness, not too much.

Worth reading!
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The GAB and Employer Information <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83817>
Posted on June 24, 2016 10:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83817> by *Dan
Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has now *withdrawn* its blog post
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=83779> alleging that the GAB recently
changed its database to make employer information unsearchable.
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-- 
Daniel Tokaji
Charles W. Ebersold & Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor of
Constitutional Law
The Ohio State University | Moritz College of Law
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