HYPOCRISY ON GORSUCH. FB. “The head of a liberal dark money group criticized Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch because of his stance on political disclosures and Citizens United.” OCE ON REP. Politico. “Rep. Duncan Hunter is under criminal investigation by the Justice Department over alleged campaign finance violations, the House Ethics Committee announced Thursday.” […]
Month: March 2017
Federalist Paper bans and more political law links for Wed.
BANNING THE FEDERALIST PAPERS. WE. “Based on the Obama administration’s clumsy arguments against what became the Citizens United decision before the Supreme Court, tracts like the Federalist Papers might have been banned from publication altogether. Malcolm Stewart, President Obama’s deputy solicitor general, argued that the federal government had the power to prevent publication of partisan […]
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APPEAL REJECTED. PHIL. “The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Sen. Bob Menendez’s request that it take up his federal corruption case, dealing a blow to the New Jersey Democrat’s hope of having key evidence and charges dismissed before his trial begins.” KLOBUCHAR FOCUS. WP. “Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), who is among the Democratic senators talked […]