Day: June 25, 2009

Federal Election Commission Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 25, 2009
Categories In FEC

What happened at the Federal Election Commission today? A lot. The Commission considered three advisory opinion requests, adopted a website improvement document, and instituted new procedures for advisory opinions and audit hearings. CQMoneyline covers some of the issues here and the Center for Competitive Politics addresses the new procedures here. Commissioner Ellen Weintraub was recognized by […]

Carib News and Carib News Foundation

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 25, 2009
Categories In House

House Ethics posted the press release relating to its investigation into trips sponsored, funded, or organized by Carib News and Carib News Foundation here.

Citizens United, Supreme Court Not So Much?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 25, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases

Will the long-awaited Supreme Court opinion in Citizens United be announced today? SCOTUSBlog, as usual, will have the news as fast as anyone. UPDATE: The opinion will be announced Monday, June 29th.