Month: August 2009

House, Senate, and White House Transparency

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 2, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch, FEC

Jack Rosenthal’s “On Language” column in The Times discusses transparency here (scroll down to second item).

Lobbyist Spending

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 2, 2009
Categories In LDA

The Times discusses spending on lobbying and the healthcare debate. Mr. Obama promised in the campaign to limit the influence of lobbyists, and instituted new restrictions on their ability to join his administration. Washington veterans say the impact of those moves so far, however, has been confined to the White House. They have been largely […]

Citizens United Amici Breakdown

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 1, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases

The amicus briefs in Citizens United are almost all in. So far, nine are in support of appellant (Citizens United) and eight are in support of appellee (the Federal Election Commission). Four are in support of neither party.