The demands of the day will prevent me from posting about Citizens United until this evening, so check SCOTUSBlog about 10:00 a.m. to see if the Court has made a move.
Month: January 2010
Lobbyists as targets in Ohio
Last week Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray released a tough statement on enforcing laws regulating lobbyists. Legislative, executive agency, and retirement system lobbyists and their employers are required by law to file registration statements, report expenditures and keep records of their activities. They also cannot work for contingent compensation, based on the outcome of their […]
Preview of public financing case in Connecticut
The Hartford Courant previews today’s argument in federal court in Connecticut on the state’s public financing system. The mechanism for delivering public tax dollars to political campaigns has dominated the talk about the law. But another of its provisions — one the district judge upheld — also is under attack: A ban on lobbyists and […]