With the Massachusetts Senate race primary set for December 8, 2009 and the special General set for January 19, 2010, the contest will certainly be the first Senate election in a post-Citizens United world, whatever that may mean.
Category: Const Law Issues
Editor’s Note on Times Story
Today The Times prints an Editor’s Note referring to its earlier piece on Citizens United.
Tobacco Companies’ First Amendment Lawsuit
Two tobacco companies filed a lawsuit challenging new restrictions on advertising and sharing information, according to this report. The companies say in their lawsuit that the law [, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act], which takes full effect in three years, prohibits them from using “color lettering, trademarks, logos or any other imagery […]