SG Kagan Will Need to Decide Quickly About Appealing SpeechNow as DC Circuit Agrees with Plaintiffs to Issue Mandate Immediately
This is going to be interesting.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
John Sullivan’s Nomination to the FEC Still Blowin’ in the Wind
Pernicious Footnote in the Ninth Circuit Long Beach Case
It does not surprise me that lower courts are following the deregulatory agenda of the Supreme Court in the campaign finance area. For example, it did not surprise me (though it did disappoint me) that in the new Ninth Circuit… Continue reading
Concurring Opinions to Run Commentaries on Hellman’s Recent Article, “Money Talks, But Isn’t Speech”
See here. Looks like a great lineup!
More DISCLOSE Commentary
Adam Liptak’s New NYT “Sidebar” Column on RNC Soft Money Case: Another View
You can read the interesting column here. I have two observations about the case and the column.
1. Adam thinks the Supreme Court is “quite likely to hear the case, perhaps even over the summer.” I am not so… Continue reading
“Voting While Hispanic”
Tova Wang blogs.
“Contrary to Citizens United Opinion, Campaign Contribution Records Lack Transparency”
ProPublica offers this very interesting report.
Supreme Court Puts Off Decision on First Circuit Felon Disenfranchisement Case Until Next Term
The Court’s order asking for the views of the Solicitor General is here.
At the very least, this buys time potentially for the Ninth Circuit to decide the Farrakhan case, revealing whether there will be a circuit split on… Continue reading
WaPo on Judicial Activism, CU
See here.
“Free Speech for Some; Unions get a pass from new campaign finance disclosure rules.”
WSJ offers this editorial.
“Campaign Finance Fight Moves To Disclosure”
Eliza’s latest.
” Broadcasters Air Gripes With Political Ad Bill”
Roll Call offers this report on the DISCLOSE Act.. It begins: “Television station owners are mobilizing against a new Democratic campaign finance bill that would force them to slash prices for many political advertisements.”
Quote of the Day
“But the American people also have the right to know when some group like ‘Citizens for a Better Future’ is actually funded entirely by ‘Corporations for Weaker Oversight.'”
—President Obama, in his weekly radio address discussing CU and the DISCLOSE… Continue reading