Month: June 2014

Mon. political law links, 6-9-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 9, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, New York

VIEW ON CFR. Clarion-Ledger. “Citizens have every right to worry about the corrupting influence of money in politics. The proper response to that impulse is to aggressively prosecute instances of official corruption — not to give incumbent lawmakers sweeping new powers to regulate their competitors.” SENATE TO CURTAIL. Breitbart. “Reacting to a series of recent […]

Political law links, 6-6-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 6, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, Mass., Montana, New Jersey, Virginia

DAUGHTER TESTIFIES. Akron Beacon Journal. “Federal prosecutors on Wednesday called Stark County businessman Benjamin Suarez an ‘advertising wizard’ who personally directed a scheme to use 22 corporate employees in making illegal campaign contributions before the 2012 general election.” CONTRIBUTION QUESTIONED. Times Free Press. “The Federal Election Commission is raising questions about Republican U.S. Senate hopeful […]

Political law links, 6-5-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 5, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Colorado, Florida, Foreign Laws, House, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, South Dakota

CRUZ CFR. Sen. Cruz. “U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today filed a pair of bills to protect the individual right to free speech in the wake of Democrats’ efforts to effectively repeal the First Amendment by allowing Congress to regulate spending on political speech.” TESTER LOBBYING REFORM. Sen. Tester. “Senator Jon Tester is introducing the […]