This Wall Street Journal discusses the Supreme Court’s consideration of Citizens United and other recent developments at the Federal Election Commission, including the Commission’s handling of a case involving Arjinderpal Sekhon. (Photo credit: http://www.myspace.com/ajsekhon06.)
Day: July 11, 2009
Court Rules Speech or Debate Clause Protects… Speech
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unsealed an opinion in In re: Grand Jury Subpoenas involving the Speech or Debate Clause. The case arose in the course of an investigation into former Rep. Tom Feeney’s connection to a Jack Abramoff-related trip. The Post reports: A federal appeals court has ruled that information […]
Mayor Bloomberg’s Campaign Spending
How much is Mayor Bloomberg spending on his reelection campaign? The Times reports. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s campaign for re-election has already burned through nearly $37 million, according to records released Friday, about four times as much as he had spent at this point in 2001 to introduce himself to New York voters.