Yesterday there was a hearing in Cao v. FEC. The report is here. A federal judge on Wednesday left open the possibility that she will send a challenge of federal campaign finance laws directly to an appeals court for rulings on constitutional issues. A Republican attorney had asked for such a move but Federal […]
Judicial Watch is challenging Hillary Clinton’s eligibility to serve as Secretary of State, according to The Times. The suit is based on an obscure section of the Constitution on compensation for public officials, the emoluments clause. The clause says no member of Congress can be appointed to a government post if that job’s pay was […]
The LA Times has this article about an honest services fraud case that the Supreme Court may hear. Robert Sorich, the ex-patronage chief, is appealing his conviction three years ago for “honest services fraud” for having “doled out thousands of city civil service jobs based on political patronage and nepotism,” said the U.S. 7th Circuit […]