SCOTUSblog‘s Tom Goldstein was named GQ’s 45th “most powerful” person in DC. Therefore, head over there to find out if the Supreme Court’s opinion in Citizens United was announced because HasAustinBeenOverruled.com won’t be updated until much later in the day (whenever that is) the opinion comes out.
Day: October 15, 2009
Mayor Newsom’s online campaign activity
Mayor Newsom’s campaign for governor of California has started to launch online activity, according to this report. Mr. Newsom may be going online to save money, but he risks failing to get his message out with older voters who might not follow him on Twitter or find his wiki.
Lobbying business and regulatory reform
The Times reports that reorganizing the country’s financial regulatory system has been a boon for lobbying. “The legislation proposes to regulate significant aspects of the economy, and any time you have that kind of legislation, it is bound to draw to Congress the interests of many — lawyers, labor unions, consumer groups and many companies,” […]