Category: Courts & Cases

Good morning; here are the political law links of the day (Thurs., Jan. 20)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 20, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, FEC, LDA, New York

REP. NANCY PEL-OCE. To update a story from yesterday, The Hill reports on the Office of Congressional Ethics here. Roll Call also notes the story. CITIZENS UNITED. The agenda for today’s meeting of the Federal Election Commission is available here. Item V involves Citizens United. SUPPORTING GOV. CUOMO’S AGENDA. Who supports the new governor’s agenda? […]

Political activity law A.M. report for Tuesday, Jan. 4

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 4, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, FEC, House, Maine

Good morning. Here are a few political law items to start your day. In the mailbag The latest edition of Womble Carlyle’s Political GPS is available here. The January 2011 edition of State & Federal’s e-newsletter is online here. The January 2011 FEC Record is online here (PDF). Cynthia Bauerly is the new Chair and […]

Political activity law A.M. report for Monday, Dec. 20

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 20, 2010
Categories In A.M. Report, Courts & Cases, Louisiana, Maine, Senate

Good morning. What’s news? An interesting start to a motion to acquit in the Kevin Ring case “This jury was the first in the United States to determine whether a registered federal lobbyist committed honest services fraud for conduct that was, under any view of the evidence, intricately intertwined with legal lobbying efforts.” Read here. […]