Category: California

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 10-15-13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 15, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Executive Branch, FEC, Georgia, Michigan, Virginia

TRIAL SET. Story here. “Benjamin Suarez, the owner of a North Canton direct-marketing firm indicted last month on charges of conspiring to funnel more than $200,000 in illegal campaign contributions to two Ohio candidates, wonât stand trial in a federal courtroom until June 2014 at the earliest.” SHUTDOWN ETHICS. Here. “The DOE guidance says that […]

Good morning, here are today’s top political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 9, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, DC, FEC, Indiana, New York

MCCUTCHEON ARG. TRANSCRIPT. SCOTUS. LIPTAK ON MCCUTCHEON. NYT. “The justices seemed to divide along familiar ideological lines.” ALTHOUSE ON LIPTAK ON MCCUTCHEON. Here. “Scalia responded ‘sarcastically.’ Why an adverb for Scalia’s statement and not for Ginsburg’s?” SKEPTICAL OF LIMITS. Roll Call. “If anything, today’s arguments revealed that the court’s conservative majority remains reluctant to defend […]

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links, 10/7/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 7, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, California, Executive Branch, LDA, New Jersey, New York

ETHICS RULES APPLY. Story here. “In a memo sent by the general counsel’s office to all branches and major commands, gay couples are told that their spouses’ financial interests are now also owned, in the eyes of the federal government, by the military member or civilian employee.” ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED. Story here. “A watchdog group […]