“Election Donation Proposal Gains Critics”
A.P. offers this report.
Monthly Archives: April 2004
“Panel Deluged on Advocacy Group’ Election Ads”
The Los Angeles Times offers this report.
“The 527 Committees Considered as Policy, Not Law”
See this post by the Decembrist.
Bauer Blogging from FEC Hearing
His first entry is here.
“Proposed Rules for ‘527’ Groups Lead to Some Unusual Alliances”
The Washington Post offers this report.
“House Approves ‘Veteran” Tag for Brockton Candidates”
The Enterprise (Brockton, MA) offers this report. Thanks to Mark Kemper for the pointer. Mark asks: “Is this legal?” A very interesting question. Perhaps Beth Garrett or other readers who know a lot a bout the ballot label litigation… Continue reading
Yet Another Review of the Chief Justice’s Book Finding a Connection with….You Know
See Benjamin Wittes’s Washington Post review.
NY Times Story on FEC 527 Hearing
It is here.
Defending the Constitutionality of Limiting Contributions to Independent Expenditure Political Committees: Some Thoughts on the Ortiz Memo and the Constitutional Question Lurking in the Background of Tomorrow’s Federal Election Commission 527 Rulemaking
Yesterday in this post I linked to Dan Ortiz’s comments that have been submitted by Democracy 21, the Campaign Legal Center, and the Center for Responsive Politics in support of regulating 527s as political committees in the upcoming FEC rulemaking.… Continue reading
Symposium on “The Supreme Court and Election Law”
Notre Dame Law School and the Journal of Legislation are sponsoring a mini-symposium on my book, The Supreme Court and Election Law: Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore. The symposium will be on April 23… Continue reading
C-SPAN Slated to Broadcast 527 Hearings
A reliable source tells me that C-SPAN is planning to broadcast the two days of hearings at the FEC on the 527 rulemaking. The source cautions: “As you know, CSPAN broadcast decisions can change from hour to hour, so this… Continue reading
“Richardson, Hispanic Members Lead Effort to Influence 527 Rulemaking”
Roll Call offers this breaking news report (paid registration required).
Apparently they Haven’t Read Buckley v. Valeo at the University of Montana
From this article on a student’s plan to exceed spending limits imposed in running for student Senate at the University of Montana: “UM Legal Counsel David Aronofsky said that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholds the legality of spending… Continue reading
“527 Is Magic Number For Cash-Strapped John Kerry Campaign”
MTV (!) offers this report.