The Times discusses the Roberts Court and its critics here. The opinions in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the January decision that lifted restrictions on corporate and union spending in candidate elections, spanned 183 pages and more than 48,000 … Continue reading
Daily Archives: November 17, 2010
The Federal Election Commission will meet Thursday. According to the agenda, the Commission is scheduled to consider four advisory opinion requests, including a request involving text messages and political contributions. The agenda is online here. … Continue reading
Lisa Gilbert discusses the potential that the Office of Congressional Ethics could be shut down here. At a time when American’s confidence in Congress is at an all-time low, (a recent Gallup poll clocked only 11 percent of voters with … Continue reading