Day: September 4, 2009

Turkish Campaign Funding Alleged

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 4, 2009
Categories In Ohio

The Post reports on a controversy in Ohio involving alleged campaign funds from the Turkish government.

“Astroturf” Overload

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 4, 2009
Categories In LDA

The Times decries what it calls another “astroturf” campaign and sees direction from the American Petroleum Institute.

We Hold These Truths: Lobbying is Constitutionally Protected

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 4, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, LDA

Akin Gump’s Joel Jankowsky and Thomas Goldstein argue that lobbying is constitutionally protected in this WSJ analysis. The final clause of the First Amendment guarantees “the right of the people . . . to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The Supreme Court has called this right one of “the most precious of […]