Month: September 2010

The impact of Citizens United on independent group spending

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 16, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues

Reason’s Jacob Sullum discusses.

Issue ad disclosure

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 16, 2010
Categories In FEC

The Post reports on issue ad disclosure issues here. A Supreme Court decision this year dramatically altered the regulation of money in politics, and a recent vote by the Federal Election Commission could change one area of the law that the court left intact: rules governing disclosure of the sources of campaign money.

Guilty plea in alleged reimbursed contributions case

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 15, 2010
Categories In Courts & Cases

AP reports on a case involving Martin Raffol here. Prosecutors alleged that Raffol generated $30,000 in illegal donations to candidates for state and local offices, including governor, lieutenant governor and the mayor of Boston, plus more than $12,000 to U.S. House candidates, including Newton Democrat Barney Frank. They also said Raffol told a federal informant […]