Month: March 2008

SCOTUS on Searches (in House office building)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 31, 2008
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, House, Senate

Per SCOTUSBlog, The Court’s denial of review in U.S. v. Rayburn House Office Building Room 2113 (07-8160) left intact a ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court that gives members of the House and Senate some protection under the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause against criminal searches — even with a warrant — of their legislative […]

Sources of Information

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 30, 2008
Categories In LDA

Lobbyists and Interest Groups: Sources of Information: A “guide for locating governmental sources that maintain files on lobby groups, their registrations, and finances.”

Background on FPPC Leader

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 30, 2008
Categories In California

The San Jose Mercury News interviews the head of California’s FPPC, Ross Johnson, a former legislator. The Federal Election Administration Act of 2007, a law reorganzing the FEC, appeared to have barred some elected officials and former elected officials from serving as commissioner: `(B) An individual may not be appointed under paragraph (1) if– `(i) […]