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Good morning, here are today’s political law links (1/7/13)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 7, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Connecticut, FEC, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, State Issues

CAMPAIGN FINED. Roll Call. “The Federal Election Commission has imposed a $375,000 fine on President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign for reporting violations, Politico is reporting, citing as-yet-unpublished FEC documents.” POKER-PLAYING LOBBYIST. Mickey Leibner’s confessions of a young lobbyist appears in Roll Call. “The most useful strategies I develop often comes out of these kinds […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (Mon., 9/17/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 17, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, FCC, Georgia, House, LDA, Montana, Voting

CU REVEAL. The Post. “The biggest scoop in the [Toobin’s] book relates to the Citizens United campaign finance case, which said the First Amendment prohibits restrictions on corporate spending in elections. Toobin reveals that Roberts originally drafted a narrow opinion that held simply that the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act did not apply to Citizens […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 22, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Connecticut, FEC, LDA, Missouri, New York

AKIN AND THE TORRICELLI SCENARIO. Volokh. “Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have both suggested that Akin step aside. But can he do that?” PIPELINE POLITICS. The Post. “Political boundaries crumbled as the pipeline proposal united Nebraskans across party lines and divided them within. Ultimately, it became a political […]