Category: Connecticut

1-20 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 20, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, Const Law Issues, Foreign Laws, Montana, Wisconsin

SUPREME REVIEW. CBS. “Five years after the Supreme Court freed corporations and labor unions to spend freely in federal elections, the justices will hear arguments Tuesday in Williams-Yulee’s challenge to the Florida rules, which she says violate her right to speak freely.” PROBE SOUGHT. Newsleader.com. “The Republican Party of Virginia filed a formal ethics complaint […]

The morning’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 12, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, FEC, Virginia

TTW, L PACS, IEOPCS, WTH. WP. “Why don’t they just end the pretense and admit it — just say, ‘I am running for president’ and be done with it? Two reasons. First, there are distinct legal and practical reasons not to do so. And second, many actually haven’t decided whether to run.” PAC AND THE […]

Political law links

CHRISTIE ON CFR. NJ.com. “It may offend purists, but Gov. Christie’s proposal to, in effect, deregulate the system by which political campaigns are financed should be seized as an opportunity to write fresh statutes and regulations that are enforceable, fair and able to survive court challenges.” NEED FOR CFR CITED. ADN. “There is a real […]