Month: September 2011

Hi, here are political law links for Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 7, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Const Law Issues, FEC, LDA, Wisconsin

VENTI PUBLICITY FOR STARBUCKS CEO. Politico. “Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz continued his rhetorical war against Washington gridlock Tuesday during a conference call and webcast castigating the White House and Congress for the nation’s deficit and unemployment rate.” IS THE EDWARDS CASE POLITICAL? That’s the question posed in this report. “Edwards, who ran for president twice […]

Tuesday’s political law links for Sept. 6th

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 6, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, Florida, House, IRS, Wisconsin

SUPER PAC PARANOIA. The Post. SOLYNDRA PROBE SIMMERING. The Post. “House Republicans on Thursday intensified their investigation into Solyndra, a California solar-panel manufacturer favored by the Obama administration that shut down this week.” FOUNDATION HIT BY SOLYNDRA. The Post. “The independent [George Kaiser Family Foundation] said that its lead funder, billionaire oilman George B. Kaiser, […]

Thursday morning’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 1, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, FEC, Illinois, LDA, Montana, Rule G-42

TODAY’S FEC MEETING. The Federal Election Commission meets today and the meeting agenda is here. PROPOSED SEC RULE IN THE NEWS. The Post. “A proposal before the Securities and Exchange Commission that would require public companies to disclose political contributions has drawn some favorable comments from investors, but it won’t go a long way in […]