Category: State Issues

Citizens United and pay to play

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 25, 2010
Categories In State Issues

Pay to Pay Blog has this interesting post on Citizens United and pay to play laws.

State corporate expenditure bans fall

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 22, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues, State Issues

The Times, with a helpful graphic, explains the impact of Citizens United on state laws restricting corporate political activity.

State level health care industry lobbying and contributions

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 29, 2009
Categories In State Issues

The Times discusses political contributions and lobbying to health care policy debate in the states. Advocates of a sweeping overhaul by the federal government, on the other hand, say the magnitude of the health care industry’s contributions shows the dangers of leaving such a question up to individual states, where campaign finance and ethics rules […]