This Times editorial endorses televising Supreme Court oral arguments and cites Citizens United. Rather than opening up, the court has shown signs of turning further inward. After President Obama, in his State of the Union address, criticized the court’s recent ruling on corporate campaign spending, Chief Justice John Roberts questioned whether the justices should continue […]
Month: March 2010
Disclose lobbyist-lawmaker text messages?
Should lawmakers who receive text messages or emails during meetings be required to disclose them? Here’s a report mentioning a San Jose law and potential action in San Francisco on this topic. The notion that certain high-powered lobbyists have access and influence with certain politicians is no secret in Sacramento; their whispered conversations in the […]
Back-waxing, Prince, and President Obama’s personal attorney in takedown controversy
The DNC posted a video mentioning back-waxing and Marco Rubio on YouTube. Fox apparently sent YouTube a copyright claim under the DMCA (the takedown). The DNC sent Fox a letter about the matter, which happened to find its way to Politico. One of the lawyers who signed the letter is President Obama’s personal attorney. The […]