This is one of several news reports discussing Gov. Paterson’s attendance at Game One of the World Series. The inquiry by the New York state public integrity commission followed news reports that Paterson’s senior adviser requested free tickets from the Yankees to last week’s opening game of the baseball championship series at Yankee Stadium in […]
Day: November 3, 2009
Akin Gump’s Jankowsky asks about the donors
Akin Gump’s Joel Jankowsky wrote this piece in The WSJ on the Obama administraton’s treatment of lobbyists and donors. The White House has repeatedly claimed that it wants “to change the way business is done in Washington.” If the Obama administration is serious about this goal, it should apply the same rules to those who […]
The Supreme Court’s opinion in Citizens United?
As of the time I’m writing this (7 a.m.), I have no idea if The Supremes will announce an opinion in Citizens United today. But because today’s election day, if the Court has a flair for the dramatic, what more appropriate time could there be for the release of the opinion? After 10 a.m., check […]