Category: Montana

A.M. political law links 4-10

COPYRIGHT AND CAMPAIGNS.  WP.  “If you’re looking for Rand Paul’s presidential announcement on YouTube, bad news. As of writing, the video has been blocked by the video streaming site, thanks to a copyright claim from Warner Music Group, as Vox’s Andrew Prokop spotted.” PAUL LETTER HITS ADS.  BF.  “‘The Advertisement attempts to deceive voters regarding […]

4-7 political law links

MENENDEZ INDICTMENT CHANGES EVERYTHING.  BI.  “It will be up to a jury to decide whether the doctor and the senator engaged in corruption. But the facts asserted in the indictment are sufficient to call into question the court’s underlying thinking in Citizens United.” WHAT’S LEFT.   MinnPost.  “The two fundamental ideas around which the entire post-Watergate […]

3-31 spring break political law links

PROGRAMMING NOTE. I’ll only have a few sets of political law links this week.  Regular posts will appear starting next Tuesday. FUNDING LANDSCAPE.  CBS.  “Between campaign committees, leadership PACs, super PACs and 527 committees, there’s a confusing collection of ways to collect funds that all come with different disclosure requirements, campaign limits, and spending restrictions, and that […]