Day: February 17, 2012

Update on MT case and the prospect of CU 2

BREAKING NEWS. With apologies for invading your weekend, I just wanted to share a quicknote that the Supreme Court granted a stay of the Montana Supreme Court’s December 2011 decision upholding a state ban on corporate political activity. The Montana decision rejected the Court’s holding in CU. In yesterday’s order, Justices Ginsburg and Breyer invite […]

Political law links for Friday, Feb. 17, 2012

PERRY SEEKS PAC.  Story here.  “Perry’s campaign sent a request to the Federal Election Commission asking if he could turn his campaign into a political action committee or even possibly a so-called super PAC, a recently created type of political interest group.” STOCK ACT CONFERENCE?  Roll Call.  “The two original authors of a House bill […]