IRS MOVE ON (C)(4)‘S PART OF A TREND? Michael Barone discusses recent news on (c)(4) donations here. “Punishing enemies and rewarding friends — politics Chicago style — seems to be the unifying principle that helps explain the Obamacare waivers, the NLRB action against Boeing and the IRS’ gift-tax assault on 501(c)(4) donors.” Huffington Post features […]
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Political activity law links for your morning
NY SPECIAL RESULTS. Roll Call. A final tally of independent group spending should be reported soon, I expect. OBAMA AND THE CLINTON DONORS. NY Times. “President Obama’s campaign manager, Jim Messina, met privately on Monday night with donors close to his erstwhile rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as the campaign sought to knit together and mobilize […]
Koch, Colbert, (c)(4)’s, and birth certificate fundraising in today’s political law links
COPY OF KOCH SITE CASE. Volokh covers Koch Industries v. Does here. “In this case, a group called ‘Youth for Climate Truth’ copied the Koch Industries website (kochind.com) and created a fake website designed to look just like it at koch-inc.com.” Orin Kerr writes that the case was correctly decided against Koch. QUESTIONING THE (C)(4) […]