Day: December 18, 2009

Reid wants tougher ethics rules

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 18, 2009
Categories In Nevada

Rory Reid, a candidate for Governor of Nevada, is calling for new ethics rules and lobbyist reforms.

Linda Greenhouse: Citizens United creates new problems

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 18, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases

Linda Greenhouse spins the Citizens United rumor mill in this piece in today’s Times. In placing two major recent precedents in question and setting off a mid-summer scramble to file supplemental briefs and prepare for an unnecessarily expedited argument, the court cheated the public of the full airing that the complex questions merit. Just as […]