Category: Const Law Issues

Corporate Counsel discusses Citizens United here.  The fact that the case doesn’t involve contributions seems to have been overlooked.  The article also discusses the prospects for passage of the DISCLOSE Act.

This Times editorial defends a matching fund program. In a burst of judicial activism, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upended the gubernatorial race in Arizona, cutting off matching funds to candidates participating in the state’s public campaign finance system. Suddenly, three candidates, including Gov. Jan Brewer, can no longer receive public funds they had counted […]

The Washington Times has an update on the Hillary Clinton-Saxbe fix case. The case, brought by Judicial Watch, argued that Mrs. Clinton was constitutionally barred from serving as secretary of state because Congress increased the salary of that position while she was a member of the Senate. Here’s what the Court said: The District Court […]