Month: March 2013

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 3/27

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 27, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Georgia, New York, North Carolina

FREE SPEECH ALERT. Political Law Briefing. “The ruling is an important reminder that advocacy groups cannot always avoid Federal Election Commission rules merely by organizing themselves as a 501(c)(4), 527, or nonprofit established under state law.” SUPER PACS AT 3. CCP. “SpeechNow came about because of a fundamental unfairness in the Federal campaign finance laws […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 3/26

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 26, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, LDA, Mass., New York City, Washington

BACHMANN AND HOUSE ETHICS. Politico. “An attorney for Rep. Michele Bachmann denied Monday that the Minnesota Republican had committed any wrongdoing amid reports of a congressional probe into alleged campaign finance violations during her run for president in 2012.” RAFFLES ARE BACK. Story here. “The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is taking a page from the […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 3/25/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 25, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FARA, FCC, FEC, Florida, Foreign Laws, IRS, Montana, New Jersey

MCFARLANE AND FARA ISSUE. The Post. “The FBI has searched the apartment of former Reagan administration national security adviser Robert McFarlane for evidence of whether he lobbied on behalf of the government of Sudan in violation of federal law.” CFR DEAL FROM THE ATLANTIC. Here. “A clean trade would ameliorate both problems. First, pass legislation […]