Day: May 21, 2010

Today at the Grassroots Forum

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 21, 2010
Categories In LDA
1 Comment on Today at the Grassroots Forum

Thanks to American College of Cardiology’s Molly Nichelson, Wellpoint’s Eric Lundberg, and the National Mining Association’s Corey Henry for making today’s Grassroots Forum event an informative and lively session. As promised, here are some of the sources for my short presentation on grassroots lobbying legal issues, Citizens United, and the DISCLOSE Act. Citizens United information […]

DISCLOSE Act: Possible consideration next week

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 21, 2010
Categories In House

Rep. Eric Cantor’s “The Whipping Post” mentions H.R. 5175 (the DISCLOSE Act). TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2010 AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK On Tuesday, the House will meet at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. On Wednesday and Thursday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business. On […]

Kagan on free speech at issue

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 21, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues

Citizen United’s David Bossie wrote this editorial in today’s Post discussing the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. A nominee who believes that certain types of speech and certain speakers should be censored for no other reason than that speech affects a lawmaker’s chances of reelection is not fit for the Supreme Court. […]