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The top political law links for Wed., 4-9-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 9, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Delaware, Minnesota, Virginia

THE PASSION OF MCCUTCHEON. Forbes. “Mr. McCutcheon is not a corporation. He is not an oligarch. He is a successful engineer but his pockets aren’t deep enough to awaken anything like the ghosts of Citizens United v. FEC.” WHO CFR PROTECTS. The Columbian (Sowell). “It is fascinating to see how some people — in both […]

Here are today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 8, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, Maine, Wisconsin

CONTEMPT FOR LERNER? DC. “The House Committee on Ways and Means will vote Wednesday on whether to refer ex-IRS official Lois Lerner to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on criminal charges, The Daily Caller has learned.” GOING GLOBAL. Roll Call. “A top national law firm, which provides legal assistance to Democrats, has helped register the Global […]

More McCutcheon plus today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 3, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, Georgia, Idaho, New Jersey, New York, Vermont

ANOTHER MCCONNELL WIN. National Review. “Since Alito and Roberts were added to the Court, McConnell has been involved in six attempts to dismantle campaign regulations. Six times he has prevailed.” NAJVAR AND BACKER ON THE CASE. WT. “Shaun McCutcheon won because neither the Federal Election Commission nor the solicitor general could muster any coherent justification […]