Category: Tennessee

6-8 pol. law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 8, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, Louisiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia

WILL ON REFORMERS. NR. “Since 1976, the court has held that the only legitimate purpose for limits on political contributions is to prevent quid pro quo corruption or the appearance thereof.” LOBBYIST BUNDLING BAN PROPOSED. Time.”[Sen. Michael] Bennet’s bill would severely limit high-octane lobbyists’ ability to ‘bundle’ campaign contributions — the act of raising money […]

Wed. political law links, 4-22

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 22, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Montana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee

NEXT LEVEL SUPER PAC. NYT. “This year’s exodus to super PACs suggests that the real action is moving further away from the traditional campaigns — and further outside the decades-old regulatory system devised to insulate politics from the potentially corrosive influence of moneyed interests.” SUPER PAC EXPERIMENT. STLT. “Republican Jeb Bush may reshape the traditional […]

Thurs. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 26, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, California, House, Kentucky, Senate, Tennessee

REPORT DISMISSED. WSAU. “Walker told a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter he has not engaged in any of the conduct mentioned in the Yahoo account.” SERIOUS ABOUT ETHICS. RC. “In the middle of a highly charged atmosphere on Capitol Hill, there is one center of bipartisanship in each chamber of Congress that remains above politics: the Ethics committees. […]