Politico offers this report. CCP complains about their usual ally.

In Siefert v. Alexander, the Seventh Circuit struck down a Wisconsin ban on state court judges announcing their political party affiliations. But the court upheld a ban on judges’ endorsing candidates in partisan elections in the state and on… Continue reading

The opinion is here.

In this must-read piece Painter, the ethics person in the Bush II White House, discusses the Sestak/Romanoff job offers: “Despite what some Republicans might claim, such politicking is not illegal; in fact, this sort of thing has been business as… Continue reading

Eliza’s latest. This is focused mostly on FENA, but it also mentions that an adverse ruling in McComish would not affect the presidential public financing system. True enough, but that system is dead. I am willing to predict… Continue reading

FEC Commissioner Walther thinks so.

The Washington Post offers this report.

for naming Citizens United and the Illusion of Coherence its Download of the Week.

Don’t miss the last line of this article. See also Experts Review S.C. Senate Ballots.

You can read the brief here. Among other things, the brief argues that non-individual entities, including corporations, have a constitutional right to make contributions directly to candidates for office. I expect the Ninth Circuit will set this for argument… Continue reading

David Broder on CU/Top Two.

A Politico story begins: “Washington watchdog groups are worried that the White House will de-emphasize President Barack Obama’s commitment to ethics reform if his ‘ethics czar’ Norm Eisen leaves the job for a foreign posting.”

The NYT on Port Chester. More here, here, here, and here.

From Ed Stein at Comics.com: .