An email sent by Washington Governor Gregoire is being questioned as an alleged violation on the state’s rules on political solicitations during the legislative session, according to this report. In the e-mail, Gregoire asked her supporters to “take a moment right now to join the campaign by making a donation,” with a Web link to […]
Day: January 28, 2010
Head of Fair Political Practices Commission says Citizens United “idiotic”
The LA Times reports: The most polite thing one can say about this thesis is that it’s frightfully naive. But let Ross Johnson, the chairman of the state Fair Political Practices Commission, and a conservative former Republican legislative leader from Orange County, expound: “It’s an idiotic decision that defies logic to presume that a corporation […]
Citizens United reactions pouring in
The Post prints a few letters to the editor about Citizens United. George Will’s reaction to the case is here. The case came up in the oral argument in Speechnow before the D.C. Circuit yesterday. Here’s The Post’s report. “What can you add to what Justice Kennedy said?” [Chief Judge David] Sentelle said, referring to […]