According to Politico, some have called for an investigation into a trip Rep. Keith Ellison took to Saudi Arabia. Ellison, the first Muslim to serve in Congress, traveled to the Saudi holy city shortly before the inauguration — a trip paid for by he Muslim American Society of Minnesota, which has been paid about $900,000 […]
Day: July 24, 2009
Citizens United Briefs
Supplemental briefs are in for the Citizens United case. The government’s is here and Rick Hasen has Citizens United’s here. According to the docket, the government filed a motion for divided argument on July 23. ScotusBlog has more on that here. It asks the Justices to grant 10 minutes of the United States’ argument time to […]
Connecticut Lobbyist Audit “Winners”
Connecticut’s Office of State Ethics selected new recipients of a lobbyist audit yesterday. The full list is here and includes Lorillard Tobacco Company, BSC Companies Inc., Symantec Corporation, and GlaxoSmithLine, Inc.