In United States v. Harriss, a Supreme Court case in the news because of the recent NAM effort to challenge provisions of HLOGA, the Court discussed lobbying disclosure, as a general matter (citations omitted): Present-day legislative complexities are such that individual members of Congress cannot be expected to explore the myriad pressures to which they […]
Day: March 20, 2008
Yard Sign Sanity
Wheeling News-Register offers some reasonable advice for campaign yard signs along the highway: Campaign signs are an important part of any political season. The rights of candidates and their supporters to place them are protected to an extent, as they should be, by the First Amendment.But there are limits. Many municipalities have restrictions on them, […]
Multiple Flight Reservations No Gift
The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct recently clarified the application of House rules to the practice of Members making multiple flight reservations (to “improve the Member’ ability to provide representational services for which they were elected”). The memorandum discusses the Senate’s treatment of this practice.