Good morning, here are Tuesday’s political law links

DONORS PLOT.  The Hill.  “Business leaders are plotting to take down Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) as part of a broader effort to punish lawmakers over the government shutdown.”

SUBPOENA.  Here. “House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is giving a jolt to the congressional probe of the IRS’s targeting of Tea Party groups with a new subpoena that was issued late Thursday night.”

SUPPORT FOR BITCOIN. Senator Carper’s statement on Facebook is here:  “I applaud the FEC for acting quickly to recognize this and develop a thoughtful policy that gives donors and committees rules of the road to utilize this emerging technology.”

HELP NEEDED.  Here.  “A growing thicket of federal regulations under the Obama administration has contributed to an employment spike in at least one corner of the job market: the increasingly vital compliance industry.”

SUPER PACS V. TP.  Here.  “Republican operatives want to help establishment candidates fend off tea party challenges with a new weapon: unlimited cash.”

SCHWEIZER FORUM.  I got to hear some of this interesting Federalist Society forum featuring Peter Schweizer and I look forward to reading his new book.

WALSH NAMED.  News here.  “Former U.S. Rep. James Walsh, five years after leaving Congress, has transformed himself into one of Washington’s top lobbyists, according to one Capitol Hill publication.”

AR:  FINES.  Here.  “The Arkansas Ethics Commission has accepted offers from two Pine Bluff City Council members to settle ethics complaints lodged against them by a Jefferson County election commissioner.”

CA:  LOOPHOLE ALERT.  Here.  “Political aftershocks are still being felt in California, more than a week after Al Jazeera America revealed stunning details about an FBI sting operation at the State Capitol.”

MN:  DATABASE ISSUE.  Here.  “The online files from the state agency charged with tracking candidate and campaign fundraising are riddled with inaccuracies, leading to errors that total as much as $20 million over the past decade, according to an analysis by the Star Tribune.”

NY:  LIU TO SUE.  NYDN.  “Liu notified his own office that he is seeking unspecified damages for ‘deprivation of civil rights, mental and emotional harm, loss of dignity, loss of earnings and professional reputation,’ according to the notice of claim.”

HAVE A GREAT DAY. 

Friday’s political law links

BITCOIN GIVING. Politico. “Political campaigns will be allowed to accept — but not spend — the digital currency Bitcoin, under a proposed federal rule released Thursday.”

SUPER PAC AD. Here. “A super-PAC supporting Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is launching a new Web ad hitting Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes for her Hollywood support, tying the candidate to controversial statements made by some of her celebrity donors.”

DC: HATCH ACT NEWS. Here. “Federal workers who live in Washington, D.C. will soon be able to run in contested, partisan elections without running afoul of the Hatch Act, a federal law which limits politicking by employees of the U.S. government.”

MI: REPORTING COMPLAINT. Here. “A political advocacy group which supported Michigan’s right-to-work law is contending officials with the Service Employees International Union violated state campaign finance laws in supporting a 2012 ballot proposal.”

OR: CONTRIBUTIONS FLOWED. Here. “Gov. John Kitzhaber announced plans to call the session Sept. 4, which included a controversial bill banning local governments from regulating genetically modified agriculture. Meanwhile, corporations including Monsanto, Syngenta and Koch Industries — a manufacturer of fertilizer — made numerous contributions to campaign coffers and political action committees.”

VA: REMOVAL EYED. Politico. “According to Larry Sabato at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, Cuccinelli planned to employ a never-before-used section of the state Constitution to deem McDonnell unfit to govern.”

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. I’ll send around the next set of links on Tuesday.

Today’s political law links

EVENT CLARIFICATION. The Post. “Either way, Obama was on safe legal ground by taking part in the confab. While super PACs are prohibited from coordinating their strategy with candidates or official parties, the Federal Election Commission has said that candidates can still appear at super PAC events.”

QUESTIONING NONPROFITS. CSM. “These groups do not participate directly in campaigns. They merely collect money from anonymous donors and distribute it to other groups, thus creating additional layers of anonymity for their big bucks contributors.”

AZ: PING PONG. Here. “If you are a candidate, or have plans to be one in Arizona, good luck complying with state campaign finance laws.”

KY: SUPER PAC SPENDS. Here. “A year before the 2014 general election, a Republican super PAC whose highest priority is the 2014 re-election of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has just spent $338K against his opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes, D-Ky.”

NC: SUPER PAC IMPACT. Here. The amount spent was reportedly “four times that of the dollars raised by the candidates.”

NJ: INDEPENDENT SPENDING AND D GAINS. Politico. “The outside spending could be a model for state-level battles in 2014 and beyond as outside groups play an increasingly prominent role in political races at all levels.”

SC: HALEY ON ETHICS. The State. “Questions about how much income public officials should disclose and who should police them are central, but controversial, parts of the debate over the proposed legislation.”

VA: GOV ELECT MOVES ON GIFTS. The Post. “McAuliffe also announced that he would sign two executive orders upon taking office in January: the first a non-discrimination policy protecting gays, lesbians and transgender state workers; and the second a pledge that neither he nor members of his family would accept any gifts greater than $100 while he is governor.”

UK: LOBBYING BILL ISSUES. Telegraph. “How has a Bill designed to shine light on lobbying ended up as a problem only for the charity sector? Part of the problem is its narrow definition of the term ‘lobbyist’.”

HAVE A GOOD DAY.