Category: Wisconsin

1-20 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 20, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, Const Law Issues, Foreign Laws, Montana, Wisconsin

SUPREME REVIEW. CBS. “Five years after the Supreme Court freed corporations and labor unions to spend freely in federal elections, the justices will hear arguments Tuesday in Williams-Yulee’s challenge to the Florida rules, which she says violate her right to speak freely.” PROBE SOUGHT. Newsleader.com. “The Republican Party of Virginia filed a formal ethics complaint […]

Fri. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 16, 2015
Categories In A.M. Report, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Wisconsin

PAY TO PLAY AND 16. NBC. “The SEC rules can be fuzzy and even experts say it’s not always entirely clear which donations trigger a violation. Determining which officials are covered by the rules requires a deep reading of state law. And while donations to outside groups — like the leadership PAC Christie is reportedly […]

1-14 political law links

TOMORROW AT THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION. The meeting agenda is online here. SUPER PAC UP. Hill. “A conservative super-PAC will begin running ads on Wednesday accusing Comcast of overseeing the creation of biased, liberal news at NBC and MSNBC, both of which it owns.” CA: ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS ALLEGED. Courthousenews.com. “A former employee sued political lobbyist […]