I’m looking forward to this weekend’s CongressCamp at The George Washington University. The topic could not be more timely: “Transforming citizen engagement with Congress through social media and collaboration tools.”
Day: September 11, 2009
Election Night Violence
During the 2008 campaign I chronicled violence inflicted upon yard signs for this or that candidate. The Department of Justice recently announced a sentencing in a much more serious case involving assaults “in response to President Barack Obama’s election victory…” The press release is here.
Campaign Finance Law and Tax Law
A lot of campaign finance lawyers will be brushing up on tax law if Austin is reversed after reading this Nonprofit Law Prof Blog post (H/T to @campaignfreedom). So the bottom line is a decision in Citizens United’s favor may lead to many more challenges to the political activity rules for tax-exempt organizations. We may be […]