SUPER PAC SUGGESTIONS. NJ. “Candidates can’t legally talk strategy with a super PAC. But can they write a super PAC’s ad copy? That’s the question raised by a new page on Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s website, in which the New Hampshire Democrat is shopping what appears to be a 30-second ad script for an outside group. […]
Category: Foreign Laws
April 15, 2014 political law links
SUPREMES CONSIDER LYING IN POLITICS. Roll Call. “The Supreme Court has made pretty clear that putting your money where your mouth is deserves broad protection as a form of free political speech. The justices are about to consider whether outright lying in a campaign deserves a similar First Amendment shield.” OVERTURN MCCUTCHEON? WCFCourier.com. “The five […]
Here are today’s political law links
BACKER PROFILE. USAT. “Government watchdogs view McCutcheon, argued before the justices last October, as the biggest threat to campaign-finance regulations since the high court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling allowed the use of unlimited corporate and union money to influence candidate races.” PROSECUTORS: GRAY KNEW. Fox News. “D.C. Democratic Mayor Vincent Gray knew about an illicit […]