For all the Sturm und Drang surrounding potential corporate funds sloshing around in the political system after Citizens United, would it be a little ironic if the first group in the pool was a labor union ready to drop $3 million? The AFL-CIO may make such a move in the Arkansas Senate race, according to […]
Category: Const Law Issues
Honest services fraud, take 3
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the Skilling case yesterday. The case is the third case this term dealing with honest services fraud. The Post reports here. According to the article, “the court continued its skepticism about a federal law making it a crime to deprive the public or one’s employer of ‘honest services,’ […]
Schumer-Van Hollen’s constitutionality
Hans von Spakovsky discusses the constitutionality of Schumer-Van Hollen in this Human Events editorial. Congress just can’t seem to stop itself from interfering with our First Amendment rights. As Justice Antonin Scalia said 20 years ago in a blistering dissent in Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the case Citizens United overruled, too many think […]