The Times reports that Goldman Sachs has revised its statement on corporate political activity. Its new statement is available here. I don’t read it to prohibit independent expenditures.
Category: Const Law Issues
Express advocacy: What does the staff of the Fair Political Practices Commission think?
Express Advocacy Earlier I noted that the California Fair Political Practices Commission was interested in hearing comments on what constitutes express advocacy under state law. Now, staff issued a memorandum on the topic and concludes that it’s all green lights and blue skies for expanding the concept to communications beyond those containing the so-called magic […]
Two elections, one day
The Times covers what’s going on in the Illinois race(s) for U.S. Senate.