Monthly Archives: June 2009
Monica Conyers Resigns
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers’ wife resigned from a position on the Detroit City Council after pleading guilty to a bribery charge, according to this report. [Monica] Conyers will leave the council effective next Monday after pleading guilty to … Continue reading
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Another Day, Another Case Under FCPA
The Department of Justice announced a guilty plea in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case today. Joseph T. Lukas, 60, a resident of New Jersey, was a partner in Nexus Technologies Inc. until 2005. According to court documents, Nexus Technologies … Continue reading
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Washington’s Long, Hot Summer Just Got Longer and Hotter for Reform Proponents
Needless to say, we will not be seeing too many majority opinions in campaign finance cases citing the sober-minded Elihu Root any time soon. With today’s Supreme Court’s announcement that it will rehear argument in Citizens United and the retirement … Continue reading
Posted in Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases
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No Appeal of Florida Electioneering Communications Case
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Florida will not appeal a federal court decision striking Florida’s electioneering communications rule. The now-scrapped law required so-called electioneering communications organizations, or ECOs as they’re known in Florida, to follow a number of regulations: registering with … Continue reading
Posted in Const Law Issues, Florida
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ACORN and the Census
According to this report, ACORN is a 2010 Census Partner. What does that mean? Stephen Buckner, a Census Bureau spokesman, said the partners program is voluntary and unpaid, and that Acorn employees won’t be paid to knock on doors and … Continue reading
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