Sen. Russ Feingold questioned Judge Sotomayor on campaign fiannce issues, according to this Post report. “It would be inappropriate for me to say anything about that area of the law,” she told Feingold. CQ Politics has more on the exchange. “I appreciate what you’ve said to me, but this is a special circumstance given the pendency of […]
Category: Const Law Issues
Citing Buckley
As I noted here, the U.S. Court of Appeals recently unsealed its opinion In re: Grand Jury Subpoenas, a Speech or Debate Clause case involving former Rep. Tom Feeney. Whenever such an important court releases an opinion, isn’t the first thing you do is search the opinion for cites to Buckley and other campaign finance-related […]
Dear Editor
The Institute for Justice’s Paul Sherman wrote this letter to the editor in today’s Post in response to yesterday’s Dionne piece. Corporations, no less than any other association of individuals, deserve the right to speak out about candidates and policies that may affect them. Indeed, media corporations such as The Washington Post Co. already enjoy […]