The Times is reporting that President Obama’s State of the Union speech may be mischaracterizing the Supreme Court’s opinion in Citizens United (scroll to the 8:31 p.m. entry). The president appeared to have mischaracterized the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn restrictions on corporate-paid political commercials by suggesting that the decision invited political advertisements by foreign […]
Day: January 27, 2010
Bopp files request to cut rules in light of Citizens United
The Post reports that The James Madison Center for Freedom of Speech’s James Bopp filed a request with the Federal Election Commission that the agency remove certain regulations in light of Citizens United. The request is here. I don’t see it on the FEC’s website, as of the time of this writing. The agency’s website […]
Reports from the D.C. Circuit and Speechnow
Today’s oral argument in Speechnow generated a number of interesting reports (and even a few tweets). SCOTUSBlog gives a good overview of the morning’s argument.