Here are Tuesday’s political law links

COMPLAINT FILED.  KSLA.com.  “Two groups that advocate for campaign finance reform are raising questions about the operations of a super PAC formed by backers of Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter.”

ALLEGED GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR ISSUE.  MJ.  “The FEC bought the company’s argument, which is that Chevron Corporation (the organization that donated to CLF) and Chevron U.S.A. (the organization with government contracts) are entirely different entities.”

OBAMA AND LOBBYIST REGULATION.  WP.  “There are those who say the president’s moves unfairly cast all lobbyists in a sinister light, and there are those who say they simply encouraged anyone who might be interested in an administration job to remove themselves from the official registration rolls.”

KY:  REFORMS APPROVED.  FOX19.com.  “Candidates for governor who donate at least $1 million to their own campaigns would automatically increase the contribution limits of their opponents under a bill the Kentucky House approved Monday.”

WI:  BITCOIN GIVING.  Milwaukee Business Journal.  “Wisconsin’s election board last week looked at the changing geography of campaign finance, examining crowdfunded, text message and Bitcoin donations Thursday.”

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

Good Morning: Monday’s Political Law Links

GROWING SCANDAL.  Fox News.  “A campaign adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton was involved in an off-the-books operation to help the former first lady’s 2008 presidential campaign in four states and Puerto Rico, according to federal court documents.”

RISE OF THE D SUPER PACS.  NBC.  “The Senate Majority PAC, a group that supports Democrats up for re-election, is set to spend $3 million on ads in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, and North Carolina, nearly doubling what they’ve spent so far this cycle, according to the New York Times.”

INVOLUNTARY MONEY.  Forbes.  “It’s important to keep in mind that unions fill their vastly larger political and campaign coffers with money that was confiscated from worker paychecks without their consent.”

DC:  MACHEN CRITICIZED.  WP.  “‘Which office do I go to to get my reputation back?’ Those were the bitter words of former labor secretary Raymond J. Donovan after finally being found not guilty at trial two years after he was forced to step down from Ronald Reagan’s cabinet to face fraud and grand larceny charges that turned out to be false.”

DC:  MACHEN CRITICIZED.  WP.  “Machen has yet to back up his accusations against Gray with formal charges that can be presented in a court of law before a judge and jury.”

MT:  COMPLAINTS REJECTED.  Montana Standard.  “The state political practices commissioner has dismissed 20 complaints filed by a Bozeman Tea Party member against Republican legislators and, in so doing, established a new policy for addressing frivolous complaints.”

MT:  CANDIDATES REMOVED FROM BALLOT.  Independent Record.  “Eight legislative candidates did not file their required business disclosures and have been removed from the ballot, eliminating five contested primary races and leaving two Democratic candidates without Republican opponents in November’s general election.”

NY:  FINAL CFR PUSH.  Democrat & Chronicle.  “As he prepares to seek reelection this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has more than $33 million in his campaign war chest and not much to show for his pledge to overhaul the state’s campaign finance laws.”

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

Good morning, here are Friday’s political law links

POISED FOR HISTORY.  ConstitutionCenter.org.  “Only two case decisions remain unannounced from arguments heard last fall. One case, Schuette, is about affirmative action. The other, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, could unlock a floodgate holding back millions of personal campaign contributions.”

FREE SPEECH WAVE.  LAT.  “This year’s Supreme Court term features an unusual array of potentially powerful 1st Amendment claims, all of them coming from groups on the right.”

MCCUTCHEON SOON?  NYT.  “The only two justices who haven’t written an opinion from among the October arguments are Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. It’s an understatement to observe that neither justice is a fan of either campaign finance regulations or affirmative action. But expressing their distaste in the form of a majority opinion is evidently easier said than done.”

VIEW ON CONVENTION FINANCING.  Bloomberg.  “Just because President Richard Nixon extorted money from ITT in the form of funding for the 1972 Republican National Convention doesn’t mean we need public financing for conventions today.”

ALASKA SUPER PACS.  Time.  “Despite the railing against money from outside Alaska, Begich’s campaign, like those of his competitors, is fueled by these dollars.”

NY:  NY AND CFR.  BillMoyers.com.  “Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a package of campaign finance reforms, including the public financing of candidates, in January as part of his budget proposal, which is currently being considered in Albany.”

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.