Sixth Circuit Unanimously Rejects Challenge to Kentucky Lobbyist/Campaign Contribution Rules
See the opinion in Schickel v. Moellman here. Some rejections were on standing grounds and some on the merits.
Category Archives: lobbying
“Pete Buttigieg Swears Off the Lobbyist Money He Once Accepted”
NYT:
Pete Buttigieg, whose upstart presidential campaign has benefited from an early surge of donations and national attention, will no longer accept contributions from federal lobbyists, his campaign said Friday, bowing to pressure from fellow Democrats who want to… Continue reading
“Ex-Obama Counsel Expects to Be Charged Soon in Mueller-Related Case”
NYT:
Lawyers for Gregory B. Craig, a White House counsel in the Obama administration, expect him to be indicted in the coming days on charges related to his work for the Russia-aligned government of Ukraine.The case against Mr. Craig,… Continue reading
“Lobbying Case Against Democrat With Ties to Manafort Reaches Key Stage”
NYT:
A long-running federal investigation into a former White House counsel in the Obama administration is reaching a critical stage, presenting the Justice Department with a decision about whether to charge a prominent Democrat as part of a more aggressive… Continue reading
“New Report Surveys Speech-Chilling Statutes Across the Country”
IFS:
The Institute for Free Speech today published a first-of-its-kind survey of campaign speech regulations and grassroots lobbying laws that implicate First Amendment freedoms.The survey looks at state laws in twelve distinct policy areas, ranging from electioneering communications statutes… Continue reading
“Justice Dept. to Step Up Enforcement of Foreign Influence Laws”
DOJ announces a step up in enforcement of statutes regulating foreign influence, including the Foreign Agents Registration Act … including a new team headed by a former Mueller prosecutor.
And a useful thread here explaining the import.
8th Circuit Agrees to Rehear En Banc Case Involving Missouri Lobbying Registration
Press release via email:
The Institute for Free Speech applauds the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals’ significant and unusual decision to rehear Calzone v. Missouri Ethics Commission. The case concerns a Missouri law that forces unpaid citizen activists to comply… Continue reading
“Anonymous ‘ghost ship’ is among groups flooding drug pricing debate”
WaPo:
The political war over prescription drug practices is spawning a frenzy of activity by outside lobbying groups, some with names that mask their ties to industry and one that has gone to great lengths to disguise its origins.
The… Continue reading
“The Remarkable Tale of the Corporate Lobbyist Sworn in as a Temporary U.S. Senator”
David Dayen:
Few have paid much attention to Kyl, who is wrapping up one of the strangest and — to his critics — one of the most corrupt tenures in the modern history of the Senate. Kyl was a registered… Continue reading
“Court ruling could force everyday Missourians to register as lobbyists, attorneys say”
KC Star:
Ron Calzone has been walking the hallways of the Missouri statehouse for years, meeting with lawmakers and their staffs, testifying before legislative committees and advocating for the conservative causes he holds dear.
But he swears he’s not a… Continue reading
“Foreign interests have spent over $530 million influencing US policy, public opinion since 2017”
Open Secrets:
Foreign lobbyists and agents acting on behalf of foreign interests have reported hundreds of millions of dollars in payments since January 2017, an analysis of OpenSecrets’ exclusive new Foreign Lobby Watch data reveals.
Today we’re making available,… Continue reading
“An Ohio legislator defied FirstEnergy lobbyists. Then a ‘dark money’ group helped sink her bid for Congress”
“Lobbying: The Job of Choice for Retired Members of Congress”
“How Tony Podesta, a Washington Power Broker, Lost It All”
Quite a story in the WSJ.