Category: Vermont

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 […]

5-21 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 21, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Vermont

VISUALIZED: POLITICAL DATA. I’ll be spending most of today at “Visualized: Political Data,” a “conference focused entirely on exploring, analyzing, and visualizing political data, as well as discussing the potential impact of political data visualizations.” The day features an impressive set of speakers. SUPER PAC MOVES. NYT. “The shuffle is taking place as Guy Cecil, who […]

Loopholes, the law, and the wild west in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 18, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, Maryland, New York, Rule G-37, Vermont

RULES FOR INVESTMENT ADVISERS. Bloomberg. “Arguments last month before the D.C. Court of Appeals addressed the constitutionality of a rule adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2010, which regulates campaign contributions by investment advisers.” SNAPCHAT, CAMPAIGN LAW, AND 16. Fusion.net. “What is new, however, is the potential conundrum that an app like […]