TURN AGAINST TRANSPARENCY. Atlantic. “Krauthammer’s new opinion is that transparency in ballot initiatives is relatively unimportant…” CAMPAIGN FINANCE HYSTERICS. DC. “Unfortunately, the self-described socialist from Vermont can’t even get through the first sentence without a factual error.” SUPER PACS IN FL. PBS. “Voters in southwest Florida’s 19th congressional district head to the polls Tuesday to […]
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Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links
IRS: LAWSUIT WITHDRAWN. The Hill. “A top House Democrat and campaign finance reform groups said Friday that they were pulling a lawsuit against the IRS, after the Treasury Department proposed new standards for how tax-exempt groups could dabble in politics.” FCPA: JPMORGAN ISSUES. The Times. “The S.E.C. and prosecutors are building their investigation around the […]
Friday’s top political law links
SUPREMES AND ETHICS. Here. “A top House Democrat is going after one of the Supreme Court’s most conservative justices and trying to enlist the Chief Justice in her cause.” UNIONS WIN UNDER CU. Here. “Unions took full advantage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2012, helping Democrats to an outside spending advantage […]