Month: January 2011

OPA, public financing, CU, and my 3 year blog-iversary in today’s AM report.

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 25, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, Const Law Issues, Executive Branch, House, LDA

BUSH OFFICE OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND THE RNC IN THE NEWS. The Times reports that the Office of Special Counsel released a report critical of President Bush’s Office of Political Affairs. “The report by the Office of Special Counsel finds that the Bush administration’s Office of Political Affairs — overseen by Karl Rove — served […]

Good morning. Here’s a daily dose of political law for Monday, Jan. 24

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 24, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Georgia, House, LDA, South Carolina

CAMPAIGN FINANCE FIGHT FOR 2011. The Hill reports. This Times editorial today invokes Watergate and opposes ending the public financing system. THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS LIVES. The Times reports. “Omar Ashmawy, the new staff director and chief counsel, said the office would continue to pursue complaints as aggressively as it did under Mr. Wise.” […]

In this A.M. political law report, almost all Citizens United on its one year anniversary

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 21, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, FEC, LDA

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. Do you remember where you were when Citizens United was announced a year ago today? Were you at the Court? Hitting the “reload” button while at Election Law Blog to get the news as soon as possible? (Like me.) A year ago a political law expert would scratch his or her […]