Newsweek: Thernstrom may be right, but she misses the point. Like the ACORN case, it’s not about a real investigation; it’s about staging an effective piece of political theater that hurts the Obama administration.

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See this report. It sounds like the judge ruled orally from the bench. If someone has a written opinion, please send it along. [UPDATE: The short opinion is here; the substance of the ruling on the merits was… Continue reading

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Interesting news from Michigan.

Dan Smith has written this oped in the St. Petersburg Times.

BNA offers this important report ($). At issue is not only disclosure, but the question whether corporations and unions may contribute directly (and in unlimited sums) to IE committtees. (I have a related constitutional issue pending in the San Diego … Continue reading

The opinion is here. AP has this report.

The NY Times offers this report.

WaPo: “It’s turning into the year of setbacks for campaign finance regulations.”

The Washington Post offers this report.

That’s the charge made in this report by the group Minnesota Majority. Governor Pawlenty wants further investigation. John Fund is unsurprisingly enthusiastic. I’ll withhold judgment until others who have more experience than I take a look at the… Continue reading

The latest on the Sen. Byrd replacement in West Va.

The Hill explains: “With their hopes for a Brown yes vote now dashed, Democrats and watchdog groups are training their lobbying fire on GOP Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, two Maine centrists who along with Brown have played… Continue reading