Senate Rules opined on official Facebook pages for Senators, according to this Roll Call report. I’ll post any documentation on the move when I find it. Here’s an earlier story on what was being considered. A growing number of senators have Facebook pages and some have received attention for their Twitter use. But confusion continues […]
Month: January 2010
Citizens United: the day after
The Citizens United constitutional tsunami washed over a broad mass of campaign finance law yesterday, and less than twenty-four hours after the opinion it’s certainly not clear what will be left standing. Disclosure (at least for now) and disclaimers seem to survive. Might the opinion presage the ultimate demise of all current and further regulation […]
The Citizens United/lobbying connection
We’ve had Citizens United for ten hours. News round-ups abound. A proprietor of a neighborhood barbershop can now put a sign up in his shop window supporting the candidate of his choosing. A large corporation can run a few million dollars in ads expressly supporting a candidate for office. A number of law firms have […]