Category: California

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links (11/19)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 19, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Arkansas, California, FCPA, FEC, LDA, Maryland, New York City, Vermont

RING APPEAL UPDATE. The Post. “Federal appeals court judges reviewing the conviction of former lobbyist Kevin Ring in the Abramoff scandal questioned Thursday whether evidence of campaign contributions should have been allowed at his trial.” ALITO ON CU. The Post. “Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is defending the court’s 2010 decision in the Citizens United […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (11/14/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 14, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, California, DC, FEC, Florida, Georgia, Maryland

SUPER PACS AND 14. The Hill. “The heads of the outside spending groups that pumped more than $1 billion into the 2012 election are already making plans for 2014.” TOMORROW’S FEC MEETING. The agenda for tomorrow’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online here. LOBBYIST LOAN TO KELLEY’S SISTER. Story here. “Deep in the story is […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links for Wed., 11/7/12

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 7, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Colorado, Const Law Issues, FEC, House

AND THE WINNER IS… The Times reports. STOP THIS INSANITY OPINION. Here. TRACING CONTRIBUTIONS. LAT. “Under California rules, a nonprofit must disclose its donors if its money is earmarked for a particular initiative. The Fair Political Practices Commission sued Americans for Responsible Leadership to access records that might show whether the group violated disclosure law.” […]