Month: December 2009

White House dispenses ethics waiver for John Brennan

The White House’s Norman Eisen issued a memorandum (an ethics waiver) for John Brennan today regarding his service in connection with the aviation screening technology and watchlisting systems review. Politico has this story on the waiver.

Citizens United; Oh, yeah, still waiting

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 30, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases

USAT covers the Citizens United waiting game in this article. At issue is federal regulation of corporations’ independent spending in elections. Yet a broad ruling could also affect regulation of corporations’ contributions and direct spending on behalf of a candidate and possibly alter the landscape in the states. Twenty-two states ban corporate spending in state […]

Pennsylvania casino association argues it wasn’t lobbying

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 30, 2009
Categories In Pennsylvania

Here’s an AP report to follow-up on an earlier post about the Pennsylvania Casino Association’s compliance with state lobbying rules. A casino trade association headed by a former state Supreme Court chief justice rebutted a lawmaker’s criticism by saying that it doesn’t have to register under Pennsylvania’s lobbying-disclosure law because its activities don’t meet the […]