Month: June 2012

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (6/4/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 4, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FCC, House, Illinois, Michigan, Montana, Wisconsin

NAB V. FCC. Here is the NAB’s petition challenging the FCC’s recent moves on disclosure of political advertising. MCCOTTER ENDS CAMPAIGN. Story here. “U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter, plagued by a criminal probe into his nominating petitions, on Saturday said he is ending his write-in campaign for re-election and will focus on serving out the final […]

Good morning, here are Friday’s political law links (June 1, 2012)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 1, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, FEC, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, LDA

AND THE VERDICT IS… N&O. “The jury in the John Edwards trial on Thursday found the former presidential candidate not guilty on one of six counts in his campaign finance trial and announced it could not agree on the five remaining counts.” ANOTHER TRIAL? LA Times. “Several legal experts said a retrial seemed unlikely.” DON’T […]