Category: Nebraska

Ring conviction affirmed and other political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 28, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, IRS, Mass., Nebraska

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 […]

Updated political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 18, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, LDA, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania

UPDATE: 9/18, 8:30 p.m. Here’s an update to today’s political law links to reflect some late-breaking developments. The next set of links will be prepared on Thursday, Sept. 20th. ROMNEY VIDEO AND THE LAW. Forbes. “It’s illegal in twelve states to record covertly at least the audio portion of a conversation where all parties have […]

Thursday’s political law links (9/13/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 13, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, Executive Branch, FEC, House, Indiana, IRS, Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania

HATCH ACT ISSUES. Politico. “HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits certain political activity, when she made ‘extemporaneous partisan remarks’ during a speech in her official capacity earlier this year, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Wednesday.” POLITICS AND COMMITTEE WEBSITES. Point of Order discusses political content on websites run by […]