This Philly.com editorial endorses campaign finance reform in Pennsylvania. The most important change would be enacting contribution limits for state offices. Rendell has proposed capping individual contributions for statewide elections at $5,000 and those from PACs at $10,000. A stricter limit of $2,000 would apply to candidates for the Legislature, and to local elections. But […]
Month: December 2009
President Obama’s statement on lobbyists
The Post reports on President Obama’s recent comments on 60 Minutes. President Obama, who lashed out Sunday at “fat cat bankers” who “still don’t get it,” plans to gather the heads of major banks at the White House on Monday to urge them to make more loans and to accept the necessity of greater regulation. […]
Discovery in Prop. 8 case barred by First Amendment
The Volokh Conspiracy discusses the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in Perry v. Schwarzenegger here. From the opinion: Plaintiffs served a request for production of documents on [the Proponents of Prop. 8], seeking, among other things, production of Proponents’ internal campaign communications relating to campaign strategy and advertising. Proponents objected to disclosure of the documents as barred […]