See this press release, which begins: “The Fair Political Practices Commission, the state agency charged with investigating violations of campaign-finance laws, today announced court approval of a settlement agreement in the case FPPC v. Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Based on the agreement, the tribe is now legally considered a ‘person’ subject to the provisions of the Political Reform Act and waives its sovereign immunity with respect to the enforcement of any future violations of the Act.” BNA reports ($) that the ruling heads off “a potential major ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue.”