Category: Courts & Cases

All Citizens United in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 20, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, FEC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CU. Tomorrow will be two years. Instead of my usual collection of links, here are some views and stories marking the anniversary. Have a great weekend. Remember then? “Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations, a bitterly divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the government may not ban […]

Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 28, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, Courts & Cases, Executive Branch, FEC, Illinois, LDA, New York

WELCOME. I hope you got to enjoy some time off during Thanksgiving. There are a few extra links in today’s set of links to make up for some lost ground. SUPER PAC SNAG. Story here. “The commission issued a draft advisory opinion Wednesday that if adopted would shoot down the Utah senator’s request to turn […]

Wednesday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 16, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Courts & Cases, Executive Branch, FEC, House, Maryland, Nevada, Senate

SOLYNDRA ELECTION CONNECTION. The Hill. “Portions of emails released by House Republicans suggest that Obama administration officials pressed the now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra to delay announcing pending layoffs until after the 2010 midterm elections.” O’DONNELL PLEA TOO HARSH. Story here. “A federal judge in Los Angeles rejected a plea agreement between prosecutors and prominent attorney […]