ADS UP IN KY. The Hill. “Just days after opening his campaign headquarters in Louisville, McConnell is already facing on-air attacks from the left — earlier than any other Republican incumbent in the nation.” GA: LOBBYIST DEFINITION CONSIDERED. Story here. “Of all possible obstacles to ethics reform, who thought the biggest one would be defining […]
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Ring conviction affirmed and other political law links
RING CONVICTION AFFIRMED. Opinion. “On appeal, Ring argues that the district court’s instructions on the honest-services counts misstated the law, that the jury lacked sufficient evidence to find that an ‘official act’ underlay the illegal-gratuity charge, and that the district court ran afoul of Federal Rule of Evidence 403 and the First Amendment when it […]
Good morning, here are today’s political law links (1/10/13)
GC’S COULD BE DEALING WITH NEW RULES. Corporate Counsel. “The SEC has been under growing public pressure to consider a disclosure rule after the U.S. Supreme Court unleashed unlimited independent spending in its Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision in 2010.” Comments received by the SEC in response to the petition for rulemaking are […]