The scandal involving former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not likely to go away soon. A federal court ruled that the Senate Ethics Committee will get copies of recordings between Sen. Burris and the former governor. The ethics committee is investigating the circumstances under which the impeached governor named Burris to replace Barack Obama in the […]
Day: May 26, 2009
Florida Free Speech Win
Via CCP comes word of an important case in Florida striking down the state’s electioneering communications law. Institute for Justice represented the plaintiffs.
Twitter as Political Weapon
The Politico notes that Twitter may become a key political weapon in the next election cycle. Indeed, the robocalls that dominated the past two election cycles could become robotweets in 2010. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.), for example, bypassed the local media recently and used Twitter as a direct response to a robocall that criticized her on […]