Month: June 2010

Federal Election Commission meeting tomorrow

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 9, 2010
Categories In FEC

The Federal Election Commission is scheduled to meet tomorrow and the agenda is here.

Campaign finance, the sacred, and the profane

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 9, 2010
Categories In California

The Times reports on a church hit with a fine over a campaign finance-related matter in California. The Mormon Church has agreed to pay a fine of slightly more than $5,000 for failing to report some campaign staff contributions it made in support of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that outlawed same-sex marriage.

Corporate Counsel on Citizens United

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 9, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues

Corporate Counsel discusses Citizens United here. The fact that the case doesn’t involve contributions seems to have been overlooked. The article also discusses the prospects for passage of the DISCLOSE Act.