Justice Tom Parker of the Alabama Supreme Court has written this oped. (H/T How Appealing.)

The NYT editorializes on DISCLOSE and Target.

BNA: “An organization that sponsored television ads boosting Republican congressional candidates in 2008 did not have to disclose its funders because relevant Federal Election Commission rules require such disclosure only in limited circumstances, according to a statement from the… Continue reading

WNYC reports.

The Washington Post offers this report. Of course, Target’s ability to contribute to campaigns is not entirely new.

You can read the cert petition here. You can also read the cert petition of the Goldwater Institute here. David Primo, an expert in the case, comments. My earlier coverage of McComish v. Bennett is here.… Continue reading

Here, at the Open Secrets blog.

“It’s a clear test….It’s also an idiotic test.” –FPPC Commissioner (and USC VP and Provost) Beth Garrett, at an FPPC hearing on the “Magic Words” Test for Campaign Finance Regulation.

I have written this post for the ACSBlog. It begins: Does this week’s Ninth Circuit order putting on hold any gay marriages in California pending the resolution of appeals in the case mean that the appellate court is likely to… Continue reading

Hotline on Call reports.

R. Warren Langley and Ciara Torres-Spelliscy have this piece in the SF Chronicle Open Forum.

BNA reports.

Here, in the NYT.

Richard Winger explains.