As the year winds down, it’s a good time to take a look back at my top ten developments in campaign finance, ethics, lobbying, and related areas over the past year. I’m sure I’m leaving out a few. So, in David Letterman-style (starting with number ten), here goes: 10. The Federal Election Commission’s new policies […]
Month: December 2009
Reid wants tougher ethics rules
Rory Reid, a candidate for Governor of Nevada, is calling for new ethics rules and lobbyist reforms.
Linda Greenhouse: Citizens United creates new problems
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 […]