JUSTICE KAVANAUGH AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE. NPR. “Hints of Kavanaugh’s position can be gleaned from a couple of recent cases before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals — and that position looks not unlike that of his predecessor on the court, retired Justice Kennedy.” PERSUASION PLAN. NYT. “It is unclear whether the Project Rome proposals describe […]
Month: October 2018
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BUYING VOTES AND QUID PRO QUO ALLEGED. HILL. “‘This is a classic quid pro quo as defined in our bribery laws,’ Collins said. ‘They are asking me to perform an official act and if I do not do what they want, two million plus dollars is going to go to my opponent.’” SENATOR SECURITY ASK. […]
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REGISTRATION EFFORT FUNDING. STL. “Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has made opposition to ‘dark money’ in politics a central focus of her re-election campaign and the primary reason she opposes Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, lauded the ‘good news’ of an outside group partially funded by undisclosed donors aiming to register 100,000 black voters in Missouri.” […]