The New Haven Register explains what the legislature is doing to Connecticut’s campaign finance and lobbying laws after two federal court cases were handed down recently.
Category: Connecticut
Connecticut’s ban on lobbyist and contractor contributions reviewed
One of the big opinions announced yesterday by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the constitutionality of Connecticut laws banning lobbyist and contractor contributions to state candidates.
Connecticut public financing opinion announced
The news about the Second Circuit’s opinion on the Connecticut public financing program is everywhere, including over at Reason. Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit overturned the subsidies that Connecticut provides to publicly funded candidates for state office so they can match the campaign spending of their privately funded opponents. The […]