The jury in the Kevin Ring case reached its third day of deliberations. The Times report is here. Prosecutors allege Ring paid ”bribe after bribe” while seeking congressional appropriations and a Justice Department grant of $16.3 million. Defense lawyers say their client was using the traditional tools of the lobbying trade.
Month: October 2009
Federal Election Commission meeting tomorrow
The Federal Election Commission is scheduled to meet tomorrow.
Professor “If I am getting that right” Hayward on categorical spending bans
Professor Allison Hayward wrote this analysis for The Examiner discussing implications of a categorical ban on corporate or union spending and Citizens United. During reargument in Citizens United, Chief Justice Roberts asked a question about the history of the corporate ban detailed in Professor Hayward’s brief (page 69 of the transcript).