NATS AND K ST. The Hill. “The excitement generated by the team’s playoff run has given the city’s warring political factions something to agree on during the bitter presidential campaign season.” D’S AND SUPER PACS. National Journal. “How did all the early doom-and-gloom predictions turn out to be so off-base? Campaign finance reform advocates made […]
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Mon. political law links (9/24)
NEW LDA ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ANNOUNCED. InsidePoliticalLaw.com. “The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia today announced two new civil enforcement actions against lobbying firms for failure to file required federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (“LDA”) reports.” SEN. CORNYN ON CFR. Roll Call. “It’s rare for a Republican leader to express a ‘transparency’ or ‘accountability’-based argument […]
Good morning, here are today’s political law links (Mon., 9/17/12)
CU REVEAL. The Post. “The biggest scoop in the [Toobin’s] book relates to the Citizens United campaign finance case, which said the First Amendment prohibits restrictions on corporate spending in elections. Toobin reveals that Roberts originally drafted a narrow opinion that held simply that the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act did not apply to Citizens […]