Month: August 2009

Ensign Emails Come to Light

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 4, 2009
Categories In Senate

The Las Vegas Sun reveals emails sent between figures in the controversy surrounding Nevada Senator John Ensign.

New Black Panther Party Case Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 4, 2009
Categories In Voting

The Washington Times provides this update on the U.S. Commission on Civil Right’s action in the New Black Panther Party case.

Citizens United Briefs

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 3, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases

Amicus briefs in the Citizens United case are collected here. Politico notes that the Democratic National Committee’s brief argues that the Supreme Court “shouldn’t upend the campaign finance landscape because it could stifle the type of small donations that helped power Barack Obama to victory…”