Month: April 2010

Party committee spending under scrutiny

The Post reports on spending by political party committees in this article this morning. Monthly committee spending reports, like those that were due by midnight Tuesday, illustrate cultures in which vast sums are consumed with limited accountability, a Washington Post review has found. Neither committee appears to have clear internal spending guidelines, and their reports […]

Citizens United and animal cruelty

The Times links Citizens United and the Court’s recent case on “crush videos” today. It has been more than a quarter-century since the Supreme Court placed a category of speech outside the protection of the First Amendment. Tuesday’s resounding and lopsided rejection of a request that it do so, along with its decision in Citizens United […]