That’s what a Politico headline asks. If Charlie Crist follows through on plans to abandon the Republican Party Thursday evening, the next most important issue on his political agenda is what to do about his Senate campaign donors. A host of GOP donors is already preparing to urge the Florida governor to return their donations if […]
Day: April 29, 2010
DISCLOSE Act: Is there a chill in the air?
Citizens United notes and warns of the dangers of laws that can chill speech a number of times. (Quotations below from Citizens United.) Prolix laws chill speech for the same reason that vague laws chill speech: People “of common intelligence must necessarily guess at [the law’s] meaning and differ as to its application.” The interpretive […]
What happened at the Federal Election Commission today
The Federal Election Commission held an open session meeting today and approved a new rule regarding federal candidate/officeholder participation in nonfederal fundraising events. Documents related to the rule are available here (the rule was approved with some amendments and the final version is not available as of the time of this writing). The Commission also […]