The Post’s E.J. Dionne discusses Citizens United in this editorial today. The full impact of what the court could do in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has only begun to receive the attention it deserves. Even the word “radical” does not capture the extent to which the justices could turn our political system upside […]
Day: September 7, 2009
Citizens United Chat
The Post will host an online chat about Citizens United on Wednesday.
Abramoff Protege on Trial
The Times reports on Kevin Ring’s trial here. Ring is making a rare and bold move in putting his case before a jury, considering the public’s distaste for the influence of lobbyists and the cache of Ring’s often sarcastic and chummy e-mails that prosecutors plan to use against him. … Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who […]