AZCentral.com reports that the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce voted to appeal a campaign finance case. The case involves ads the chamber disseminated and financed before the Sept 2008 city election. Some say the ads violate campaign finance law because the chamber was attempting to influence an election without going though a political committee and […]
Day: December 17, 2009
The Times and the First Amendment rights of government employees
This Times editorial discusses a case involving the First Amendment rights of a government employee. Government employees do not forfeit their right to comment on matters of public interest. The Supreme Court ruled in a landmark 1968 case that a public-school teacher had a First Amendment right to write a letter to the editor, as […]
Murtha campaign finance memo sparks rumors
The Hill reports that a memorandum on campaign finance law is sparking rumors that Rep. Murtha may retire. Federal election law allows funds in campaign committee accounts to be donated to the party’s reelection coffers, spent on individual federal, state and local races or donated to charity. The rules are less clear when it comes […]