Category: New Mexico

Thurs. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 19, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, FEC, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico

CILLIZZA ON LEVINTHAL REPORT. WP. “Average people — heck, average political junkies — have either never heard of the FEC, don’t really know what it does or both. But, remember this is the rule-making and rule-enforcing entity for all federal money in politics.” CO: RULING IN CASE. CSindy.com. “The Colorado Court of Appeals has reaffirmed […]

Friday the 13th political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 13, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Alaska, Executive Branch, FEC, House, LDA, New Mexico, New York, New York City, Virginia

ROBERTS KEY. USAT. “Limits on federal election campaign contributions that have stood for nearly 40 years appear ready to fall unless Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rescues them, as he did President Obama’s health care law.” NEW TREASURER. Roll Call. “Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has brought in a new treasurer for her congressional campaign […]

Aides fly, ad buys, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 6, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FEC, HLOGA, LDA, Meta, Michigan, New Mexico, Virginia

BITCOIN GIVING. Bloomberg. “The FEC’s legendary dysfunction aside, I don’t think it’ll be easy for it to refuse the PAC’s request. (In an e-mail, former FEC lawyer Kenneth Gross agreed.) As former FEC chairman Trevor Potter noted in another e-mail, campaigns and political committees may already accept contributions in foreign currencies (provided they are from […]