| Subject: [EL] Electionlawblog news and commentary 1/20/11 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/20/2011, 9:34 AM |
| To: Election Law |
Reply-to: "rick.hasen@lls.edu" |
PFAW has posted this video.
AP offers this
report about this
federal district court opinion. The case raises
fascinating one person, one vote issues in connection with the
rules nominating judges to the bench in Iowa. It would make a
great teaching case or basis for a final exam question.
See Commissioners
Deadlock on Case Involving Americans for Job Security, Buck
Campaign.
Check out the lead story at the Spacial Roundtable.
And we get to benefit. See here
and here.
Politico offers this
report. In the article, I'm quoted as being quite critical
of Common Cause's decision to raise this issue with the DOJ.
This is not the
first time I've questioned Common Cause's judgment. And
this comes from a supporter of reasonable campaign
finance regulation.
MORE
from the NY Times.
Politico offers this
report. It quotes FEC Commissioner Weintraub, who was in
the minority in this case, as follows: "A newspaper can run an
editorial endorsing a candidate, but if it then goes out and
places a billboard, that's a different story -- that's not what
it normally does...Just because you're a journalist, doesn't
mean that you have a total exemption for any activity that you
do and the same follows here..."
Denver
Post: "Bernie Buescher, the incumbent Colorado secretary
of state defeated by Republican Scott Gessler in November, has
found a new job: overseeing the state lawyers who represent
Gessler."
Brookings will be hosting this
interesting event on Thursday.
Public Citizen has issued this report.
Following up on this
post, see this
order quickly issued by the Supreme Court of Arizona.
The brief is here.
See also this
press release.