The Hill reports on an update in the investigation into Sen. Ensign here. In depositions to the Senate Ethics Committee, staffers for Sen. John Ensign have said the Nevada Republican and his senior aides knew a one-year lobbying ban was being broken when they helped a former staffer set up a short-lived career on K […]
Month: June 2010
New on coordination: Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
I hope you read Humanitarian Law Project. I might wait in vain for groups that support the First Amendment in other contexts to attack the Supreme Court’s holding criminalizing speech in this case. Moving on… The case also touches on coordination and the independence necessary for speech to remain protected. Coordination? Independent advocacy? Sounds like […]
Transparency and the Federal Communications Commission in the news
The Hill’s Sara Jerome has a few stories this afternoon on a curious set of affairs involving the Federal Communications Commission and lobbyists and representatives of Google, AT&T, and the National Cable Television Association, among others. Her first story is here and the second includes a link to a letter disclosing contacts with the agency.