[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/17/18

Fri May 18 10:48:42 PDT 2018

https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/05/17/former-white-house-counsel-bob-bauer-exits-perkins-coie/?slreturn=20180418134558

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> “Senate intelligence leaders: Russians schemed to help Trump”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99095>
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> Posted on May 17, 2018 7:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99095> by *Rick
> Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> Politico:
> <https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/16/russians-schemed-to-help-trump-senate-intel-591882>
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> *Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee on
> Wednesday endorsed the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment that Russia
> intervened in the 2016 presidential election to help President Donald Trump
> and hurt Hillary Clinton.*
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> *It’s a powerful bipartisan endorsement of a conclusion that had been
> called into question by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee,
> who have accused intelligence agencies of failing to employ proper
> “tradecraft” when they concluded Russia came to support Trump’s candidacy.
> Instead, it’s the Republicans on the House panel who find themselves
> isolated in their position in what has become an increasingly antagonistic
> relationship with the FBI and Justice Department.*
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> See also Trump Jr.’s team wanted stories straight on Russian lawyer
> meeting
> <https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/16/don-trump-jr-russia-trump-tower-transcripts-590957>
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> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>, chicanery
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
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> “Superdelegates Are No. 1 on the Democratic Party To-Do List”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99093>
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> Posted on May 17, 2018 7:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99093> by *Rick
> Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> NYT:
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/us/politics/democratic-party-superdelegates.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&action=click&contentCollection=politics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront>
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> *Democratic Party officials, desperate to present a unified front in
> advance of the all-important 2018 midterms, are working to revamp their
> presidential nominating process and erase the final vestiges of the bitter
> 2016 presidential primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie
> Sanders.*
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> *The most significant, and divisive, step would involve reducing the role
> and power of superdelegates — the unpledged party insiders who are free to
> back any candidate regardless of how the public votes — ahead of the 2020
> election. Their influence caused substantial tension two years ago when
> supporters of Mr. Sanders zeroed in on superdelegates as “undemocratic” and
> said they created an unfair and even rigged system favoring Mrs. Clinton.*
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> *Now, party officials, including loyalists held over from both the Sanders
> and Clinton camps, are inching toward a compromise that would not only
> minimize the role of superdelegates but change the party’s operational
> structure as well.*
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
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> “Arkansas judge who blocked TV ads removes himself from Supreme Court
> justice’s case” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99091>
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> Posted on May 17, 2018 7:40 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99091> by *Rick
> Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
> <http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/may/16/arkansas-judge-who-blocked-tv-ads-removing-himself/>
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> *A Washington County circuit judge who ordered that negative political ads
> against Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson be pulled off the airwaves
> recused himself from further involvement in the case Wednesday.*
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> *However, the temporary restraining order by Circuit Judge Doug Martin
> still stands….*
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> *The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette previously reported
> <http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/may/16/records-pose-ad-case-conflict-20180516/> that
> Martin earlier reported receiving income through his wife from the law firm
> of Goodson’s husband, John Goodson.*
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> *Martin issued the order without a hearing but said in his recusal letter
> that the restraining order blocking the ads from airing stands.*
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> *Justice Goodson is fighting a three-pronged legal battle in Arkansas’
> largest media markets against what she says are “defamatory” ads being run
> by an out-of-state group that does not disclose its donors.*
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
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> Three from Jerry Goldfeder <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99089>
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> Posted on May 17, 2018 7:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99089> by *Rick
> Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> Voters, not lawmakers, should pick interim officeholders
> <https://www.stroock.com/siteFiles/Publications/AlbanyTimesUnionMay14th2018.pdf>
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> Easing Voter Registration
> <https://www.stroock.com/publications/easing-voter-registration> (with
> Myrna Perez)
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> New York City should expand voting rights as part of charter revision
> <https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/opinion/opinion/new-york-city-should-expand-voting-rights-part-charter-revision.html>
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
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> “Long Island Officials Traded Favors for Watches and Limo Rides,
> Prosecutors Say” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99087>
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> Posted on May 17, 2018 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99087> by *Rick
> Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> NYT:
> <https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/nyregion/long-island-corruption-trial-mangano-venditto.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&action=click&contentCollection=nyregion%C2%AEion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront>
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> *The scheme, as outlined by federal prosecutors, was audacious. Top
> officials in Nassau County used political clout to help a restaurateur
> obtain county contracts and millions of dollars in loans. In return, the
> restaurateur was said to have showered the officials with kickbacks and
> bribes.*
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> *Among other things, prosecutors said, the restaurateur provided the
> Oyster Bay town supervisor, John Venditto, with free meals and limousine
> rides. He was said to have provided the Nassau County executive at the
> time, Edward Mangano, with a massage chair and an expensive watch. The
> county executive’s wife, Linda Mangano, received close to half a million
> dollars for what a prosecutor called a “$100,000-a-year phony baloney
> no-show job.”*
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> Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>
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> “From Idea to Implementation: A Ranked Choice Voting and Voting Systems
> Symposium.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99084>
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> Posted on May 16, 2018 4:10 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=99084> by *Rick
> Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> Announcement via email:
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> ***Recently the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center hosted “From Idea
> to Implementation: A Ranked Choice Voting and Voting Systems Symposium.”
> Recordings of the live broadcasts and post-symposium Q&A documents
> (including links to the handouts and additional materials) for each of the
> 10 sessions are now available
> at https://www.rankedchoicevoting.org/rcv_online_symposium
> <https://rankedchoicevoting-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=19dbWENTcm0UiBd_81sQYDh2wmrKwvuWrDRKktsWKoEE-80446057&key=YAMMID-03250889&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rankedchoicevoting.org%2Frcv_online_symposium> .*
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> Posted in alternative voting systems <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>
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