INDEPENDENT GROUPS IN THE NEWS. The Times. “The Democratic Party’s Senate campaign arm will file a formal complaint on Monday with the Federal Election Commission against three of the Republicans’ biggest campaign groups, accusing them of willful violations of federal election law and asking that their electioneering be stopped.” EC REPORTING IN THE NEWS. The […]
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Health care law? Individual mandate? No, just today’s political law links (6/28/12)
DECISION DAY. Political law takes a back seat to health care today. We’ll all be intently waiting for and then reading the Supreme Court’s opinions on the constitutionality of the health care law. SCOTUSblog, as usual, will be the place to be on this big decision day. POINT OF CONVENTIONS. Politico. “National conventions are becoming […]
Good morning, here are today’s political law links (6/4/12)
NAB V. FCC. Here is the NAB’s petition challenging the FCC’s recent moves on disclosure of political advertising. MCCOTTER ENDS CAMPAIGN. Story here. “U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter, plagued by a criminal probe into his nominating petitions, on Saturday said he is ending his write-in campaign for re-election and will focus on serving out the final […]