Read it here. As Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a related concurring opinion last year, digital technology has actually widened the amount of broadcast spectrum available today, undermining the earlier notion that scarce slices of the airwaves justified stricter free-speech rules for broadcasters. He has made it clear he now favors removing all content regulations […]
Month: July 2010
The road ahead for DISCLOSE
Politico examines the prospects for the DISCLOSE Act in the Senate. A sweeping overhaul of the campaign finance system seems destined to stall in the Senate – adding to tensions with House Democrats who have grown tired of taking politically risky votes only to see their proposals die on the Senate steps.
Former Clinton National Finance Chair sentenced to 12 years
Former Hillary Clinton National Finance Chair Hassan Nemazee was sentenced to 12 years in prison as part of a fraud case. Politics Daily reports here. He was national co-chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, and when she lost, he went on to raise funds for the candidate who beat her, Barack Obama. In 2004 he […]