President Obama is expected to nominate Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court today. When Ms. Kagan became United States solicitor general, the federal government’s top appellate lawyer, in March 2009, she had argued no cases in the United States Supreme Court and had, indeed, just recently become a member of its bar. Six months later, […]
The Post notes that Hugo Chavez has more Twitter followers (about 250,000) than any other account in Venezuela. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney has about 12,000 followers. Mike Huckabee has about 72,000. Tim Pawlenty has about 16,000. Scott Brown has about 24,000. Newt Gingrich has about 1.3 million.
The Post editorializes in support of The DISCLOSE Act this morning. The most important provision, however, is disclosure. Here, the proposal would go beyond addressing the particular problems created by the Citizens United ruling and improve on existing law. It would require disclosure of the underlying donors in independent expenditures and broaden disclosure requirements for […]