California’s lobbyist gift limit may change, according to this report. The Elections and Redistricting Committee approved a bill that would give corporations, unions, professional groups and others who hire statehouse lobbyists the same $10-a-month limit as voters imposed in 1974 on gifts lobbyists make to lawmakers. Currently a lobbyist’s employer can give gifts worth up […]
Day: May 1, 2009
Souter Leaving Supreme Court
The Times reports that Justice David Souter is retiring from the Supreme Court. There will be a number of legal retrospectives in the days and weeks to come. For me, one of his most memorable opinions was in Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee (Colorado Republican II). This column discusses Justice Souter’s opinion […]