[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/5/16
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sat Mar 5 18:03:53 PST 2016
“Can Labor Still Turn Out the Vote?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80583>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 6:00 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80583>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Steven Greenhouse
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/opinion/sunday/can-labor-still-turn-out-the-vote.html?ref=politics>for
the NYT Sunday Review.
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“Would Va. ‘sore loser’ law bar independent bid by Trump?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80581>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:56 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80581>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
<http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_c42dd5db-508b-553c-9f0b-29d882d48326.html>
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Posted inballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>,political
parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>
“The 2016 race is exposing the utter impotence of the ‘billionaire
class’” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80579>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:38 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80579>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo editorial
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-2016-race-is-exposing-the-utter-impotence-of-the-billionaire-class/2016/03/04/f4fad270-e22b-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html>:
WE SHARE widespread concern over the influence of money in politics.
This is a far cry, however, from believing that the system has been
permanently rigged by the “billionaire class
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-takes-on-billionaire-class-in-launching-2016-bid-against-clinton/2015/04/30/4849fe32-ef3a-11e4-a55f-38924fca94f9_story.html>.”
Ironically, this year’s presidential campaign, fueled so powerfully
by such accusations of total corruption, has done much to disprove
the claim.
We understand the distortion of policymaking that the symbiotic
relationship between candidates and donors engenders. Those
pernicious consequences are often most pronounced not at the
presidential level, but in corners of our democracy where the stakes
for special interest groups are high and public scrutiny is
relatively low: state and local elections, Capitol Hill conference
committees, regulatory agency rulemakings. This is why we favor
sensible limitations on donations, coupled with maximum disclosure
of where the money comes from. That is to say, we favor more
regulation than the Supreme Court permitted in its 2010/Citizens
United/decision
<https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZO.html>. We also
support reforms, such as thatproposed
<https://sarbanes.house.gov/bythepeople>by Rep. John Sarbanes
(D-Md.), that might allow candidates to spend less time dialing for
dollars and more with constituents.
But the failure of former Florida governor Jeb Bush’s campaign, and
the well-oiled success of the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders
(I-Vt.), suggest that tycoons cannot simply buy themselves a president.
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Lowenstein Speaks! <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80577>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:34 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80577>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
UCLA Law Review Podcast <http://www.uclalawreview.org/dialectic-episodes/>:
In this episode, we continue our discussion of campaign finance
reform by interviewing Daniel Lowenstein
<http://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/daniel-hays-lowenstein/>,
an/emeritus/Professor at theUCLASchool of Law and a leading scholar
in the field of electoral law. Listen in to hear Professor
Lowenstein explain why campaign finance is a problem and how it can
be fixed.
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“AZ Secy of State Reagan Warns CPAC Conservatives Of ‘Radical
Left’s’ Outrageous Blocking Of GOP Ballot Harvesting Bill”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80575>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:32 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80575>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Arizona’s Politics reports.
<http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2016/03/watch-az-secy-of-state-reagan-warns.html>
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
“The Voting Rights Act at 50: The Past, Present, and Future of the
Right to Vote” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80573>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:29 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80573>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Symposium <http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol76/iss1/>in the
Louisiana Law Review:
Tempering Society’s Looking Glass: Correcting Misconceptions About
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Securing American Democracy
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol76/iss1/7>
Orville Vernon Burton
PDF
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6539&context=lalrev>
The Irony of Intent: Statutory Interpretation and the
Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol76/iss1/8>
Joshua S. Sellers
PDF
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6540&context=lalrev>
Equal Sovereignty as a Right Against a Remedy
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol76/iss1/9>
Seth Davis
PDF
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6541&context=lalrev>
Reflections on Justice Thurgood Marshall and Shelby County v. Holder
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol76/iss1/10>
Wendy B. Scott
PDF
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6542&context=lalrev>
The Forgotten Provision of the Fourteenth Amendment: Section 2 and
the Evolution of American Democracy
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol76/iss1/11>
Earl M. Maltz
PDF
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6543&context=lalrev>
The Necessity of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Difficulty of
Overcoming Almost a Century of Voting Discrimination
<http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol76/iss1/12>
Paul Finkelman
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“Sanders keeps raising millions — and spending them, a potential
problem for Clinton” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80571>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:26 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80571>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Washington Post:
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-keeps-raising-money--and-spending-it-a-potential-problem-for-clinton/2016/03/05/a8d6d43c-e2eb-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html>
Sen. Bernie Sanders’s path to the Democratic nomination may be
narrowing, but his record fundraising shows no sign of slowing down,
ensuring that the long-shot rival to Hillary Clinton can remain in
the race for months to come.
Sanders’s unique success at attracting political money, combined
with his powerful appeal to young voters, means that he will keep
raising and spending millions of dollars across the country —
forcing Clinton to spend, too, and potentially allowing him to score
enough victories to drag out the nominating contest and delay what
is widely seen as Clinton’s inevitable pivot to the general election.
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“Van Hollen v. FEC: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit Van Hollen’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80569>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:20 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80569>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
CLC
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/document/van-hollen-v-fec-us-court-appeals-district-columbia-circuit-van-hollens-petition-rehearing>:
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen asked the full D.C. Circuit Court of
Appeals to hear his challenge to a Federal Election Commission rule
allowing groups running political ads to avoid disclosure
requirements passed by the McCain-Feingold Act.
The FEC rule under challenge narrowed the law to require groups to
report only those donors who “earmarked” their contributions for
electioneering communications (political ads) –effectively making
donor disclosure purely optional. Predictably, its adoption led to
the rise of dark money, as politically-active 501(c)(4) groups such
as Americans for Prosperity and Patriot Majority USA took advantage
of the loophole to avoid disclosing their big contributors.
The petition filed today gives all of the judges of the Court of
Appeals the opportunity to reconsider an earlier ruling of a
three-judge panel of the Court, which overturned the district
court’s decision that the FEC’s rule was “arbitrary, capricious and
contrary to law.”
Lawyers for the Campaign Legal Center, Democracy 21 and Public
Citizen are part of Rep. Van Hollen’s pro bono legal team, led by
Catherine Carroll of the law firm WilmerHale.
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“On Ohio’s GOP primary ballot: Confusion”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80567>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:17 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80567>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
AP:
<http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/03/04/ohios-gop-primary-ballot-confusion/81323608/>
Every Republican primary voter in Ohio will have two opportunities
to vote for president, in a ballot twist that only escalates the
potential confusion caused by the party’s large and fractious field
of candidates.
GOP ballots for the March 15 primary feature two boxes for
president: one for designating an at-large presidential delegate and
one for designating a district delegate. It’s a carry-over from a
time when Ohio’s Republican vote was divided proportionally, rather
than in the winner-take-all fashion being used in 2016.
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,primaries
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
“Simulating Instant Runoff Flips Most Donald Trump Primary
Victories” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80565>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 5:14 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80565>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
FairVote reports.
<http://www.fairvote.org/simulating_instant_runoff_flips_most_donald_trump_primary_victories>
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“Despite lines, Ky. GOP caucus shuts down at 4 p.m.”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80563>
Posted onMarch 5, 2016 3:56 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80563>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Gannett:
<http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/03/05/ky-republicans-choose-their-candidate/81036308/>
Kentucky Republicans faced long lines and confusion as they voted in
the state’s Republican presidential caucus – the first time in
decades the state has used that method to choose a party nominee.
Crowds deluged caucuses in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties. Each
county had one location. For instance, at Florence Baptist Church at
Mount Zion, which served as Boone County’s location, a long line had
gathered to vote even before the 10 a.m. opening.
Kill the caucus.
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“Democrats Fret Over Low Voter Turnout In Early Primaries”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80561>
Posted onMarch 4, 2016 4:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80561>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
NPR talks
<http://www.npr.org/2016/03/04/469233702/democrats-fret-over-low-voter-turnout-in-early-primaries>with
Michael McDonald.
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Breaking: NC Court Blocks Retention Elections for NC Supreme Court
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80557>
Posted onMarch 4, 2016 3:52 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80557>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
You can find the short order of the unanimous three-judge courthere
<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Retention-Election-Order-of-Three-Judge-Panel.pdf>.
This order was expected
<http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article61148607.html>.
It appears the Republican legislature enacted this rule so that a
sitting Justice would not face a competitive election in the fall.
An appeal in this case goes to….the North Carolina Supreme Court. So who
knows what’s next?
(h/t Michael Weisel)
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Quote of the Day <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80555>
Posted onMarch 4, 2016 3:11 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80555>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
“The only time that Justice Patrick Crooks in his almost twenty years on
the bench left the bench early that I can recall is the day he left the
bench early and died later that day in his chambers.”
WI Justice Ann Walsh Bradley (fuller context fromPatrick Marley,
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/rebecca-bradley-leaves-arguments-early-to-speak-to-business-group-b99681342z1-371062061.html>Rebecca
Bradley Leaves Arguments Early to Speak to Business Group:
The WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network records all Supreme Court
arguments, but its cameras focus on the speakers and in this case
don’t show when the justices leave. Atthe end of arguments
<http://www.wiseye.org/Video-Archive/Event-Detail/evhdid/10458>, the
camera pans out to reveal that three of the seven justices have left
at that point — Bradley, Gableman and Annette Ziegler.
Ziegler said by email she didn’t leave until after the last lawyer
had finished speaking. She then attended the WMC event, which was
held three blocks away.
Gableman said he left about 10 minutes before arguments ended. Early
departures are not unusual, he said.
“My observations of the court over the last seven and a half years
or so would be to say it is not uncommon at all for every member of
the court to leave early if it is necessary to speak at an event or
for any reason,” he said.
But Justice Ann Walsh Bradley indicated it’s not common for other
justices to step away from arguments — and invoked the name of
former Justice N. Patrick Crooks to make her point. Crooks died in
September, and the governor appointed Rebecca Bradley to fill his spot.
“The only time that Justice Patrick Crooks in his almost twenty
years on the bench left the bench early that I can recall is the day
he left the bench early and died later that day in his chambers,”
Ann Walsh Bradley said.
The two Bradleys are not related.
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“Rebecca Bradley left court arguments early for speech”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80553>
Posted onMarch 4, 2016 9:33 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80553>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Getting your priorities straight
<http://www.channel3000.com/news/rebecca-bradley-left-court-arguments-early-for-speech/38339352>:
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley left
oral arguments in a pending case before they had concluded so she
could give a speech to the state chamber of commerce, a group that’s
spent heavily in past court elections in favor of conservative
candidates.
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“Anti-Trump forces have few options for third party alternative”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80551>
Posted onMarch 4, 2016 8:40 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80551>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Benjy Sarlin reports
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/anti-trump-forces-have-few-options-third-party-alternative>for
MSNBC.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Gov. McDonnell Case April 27
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80549>
Posted onMarch 4, 2016 7:31 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=80549>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
It is the last scheduled
day<https://twitter.com/KimberlyRobinsn/status/705774166218244096>of
oral arguments for the Court term.
And this is a case where Justice Scalia’s absence could really make a
difference.
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