Category: Virginia

Thurs., 5-26 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 26, 2016
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FARA, Foreign Laws, Hawaii, Kansas, Meta, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington

GOOD MORNING. (Kindly scroll down if you’re interested in seeing today’s political law links.) As I noted online yesterday, I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be relaunching PoliticalActivityLaw.com soon with new content and features to fuel and further interest in political law topics! I’ll be working out some of the cobwebs on the site before […]

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 […]

5-19 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 19, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, Texas, Virginia

GUINTA CASE. RC. “Last week, the Federal Election Commission found Guinta violated campaign finance rules by accepting more than $350,000 in illegal campaign contributions, ordering him to pay back the funds along with a $15,000 fine.” CONTINUED PROBE. CSM. “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid to stop an investigation in Wisconsin into possible unlawful coordination between potential 2016 Republican presidential […]