Category: Const Law Issues

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 […]

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Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 8, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Missouri

HOUSE ETHICS MOVES. USAT. “In one of its first actions of the new year, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved rules changes that could give lawmakers a new defense against ethics investigations.” JUDICIAL ROLLBACK. MM.org. “Major network newscasts have given almost no coverage to an upcoming Supreme Court case that will decide whether judicial […]

Thurs. political law links, 5-1-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 1, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, FEC, Maine, Mass., Missouri, Wisconsin

JUSTICE STEVENS AND ETHICS. Volokh. “Justices and judges of course often speak out on what is broadly called ‘law reform’ — discussions of how the law ought to be improved — and Canon 4 expressly allows this…” WHAT STEVENS SAID. ABC. “Campaign donations pay for more than political ads and should not be protected as […]