Category: Courts & Cases

Special prosecutor for Sestak case?

Politico reports on the latest involving allegations that a prospective candidate was offered a job in exchange for not pursuing office. The top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee wants the Justice department to name a special prosecutor to investigate whether the White House broke the law by allegedly offering Rep. Joe […]

Citizens United and animal cruelty

The Times links Citizens United and the Court’s recent case on “crush videos” today. It has been more than a quarter-century since the Supreme Court placed a category of speech outside the protection of the First Amendment. Tuesday’s resounding and lopsided rejection of a request that it do so, along with its decision in Citizens United […]