Day: May 1, 2010

Citizens United, animal cruelty, and now, video game violence

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 1, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues

Linda Greenhouse discusses all of the above in her recent column.

Political item auctions on Ebay

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 1, 2010
Categories In Florida

The Republican Party of Florida is apparently going to auction a portrait of Gov. Charlie Crist on Ebay to recoup the cost of the item. The report is here. Florida state Sen. John Thrasher, chairman of the Florida GOP, has removed a portrait of Mr. Crist from the party’s Tallahassee headquarters and plans to put […]

Long Beach Chamber of Commerce case in Ninth Circuit reverses lower court on ban

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 1, 2010
Categories In California, Courts & Cases

A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in Long Beach Chamber of Commerce was announced yesterday and the opinion is online here. Relying heavily on EMILY’s List, the opinion holds that the city had not advanced a governmental interest to support the campaign finance law’s application to the Chamber PACs. The court reversed the […]