An appeals court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the National Association of Manufacturers challenging provisions of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act today. BLT has the report and the opinion is here. More than fifty years ago, the Supreme Court held that the public disclosure of “who is being hired, who is putting up […]
Month: September 2009
Ring Trial Development
The Politico reports on the legal position of a former aide to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft. David Ayres, the top aide to former Attorney General John Ashcroft, is threatening to take the Fifth to avoid testifying in a case against a GOP lobbyist caught up in the Jack Abramoff scandal, according to lawyers for the lobbyist.
Citizens United and Precedent
The Post discusses Citizens United in this editorial today. Citizens United ought to have been allowed to distribute “Hillary: The Movie” any way it chose; this is just the sort of political speech that the First Amendment was designed to protect. But those protections can be upheld without eroding the prohibition on corporate-funded campaign advertising. […]