Category: Const Law Issues

Times on public financing

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 14, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues

The Times editorial page isn’t too happy with yesterday’s opinion in the Connecticut public financing case.

Connecticut public financing opinion announced

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 13, 2010
Categories In Connecticut, Const Law Issues

The news about the Second Circuit’s opinion on the Connecticut public financing program is everywhere, including over at Reason. Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit overturned the subsidies that Connecticut provides to publicly funded candidates for state office so they can match the campaign spending of their privately funded opponents. The […]

TIME covers Citizens United and DISCLOSE

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 7, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases

TIME discusses Citizens United and the DISCLOSE Act in this piece by Adam Cohen. There’s a set of stories on the website about campaign finance.