DEBATE CASE UPDATE. WP. “So just what happened here? Based on Everson’s complaint and the factual record, commissioners considered three separate motions on the Everson-Fox News proceeding.” DEBATE CASE UPDATE ][. WT. “Upholding constitutional principles is not an appropriate role for a member of the Federal Election Commission, Democratic Commissioner Ann Ravel said on Thursday.” […]
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Every day I collect political law links, here are today’s
KAINE TRIPS. Politico. “While legal under Virginia’s unusually permissive ethics rules, the gifts could become attack-ad fodder after similar presents led to corruption charges for Gov. Bob McDonnell, whose conviction the Supreme Court overturned Monday. Republicans could also use the records to portray Kaine as part of the self-dealing establishment in a cycle animated by […]
Wed. political law links
CHALLENGE REJECTED. ABC. “The justices on Tuesday left in place a lower court ruling allowing the 2012 law to be enforced. The measure requires third-party groups working independently of candidates to influence elections to disclose the source of donations.” CONTRACTOR LAW IN THE NEWS. Hill. “There are also loopholes in the federal contractor ban. The […]