U.S. Supreme Court
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Jun23
Clips Round-up for 6/23/11
Jun20Clips Round-up for 6/20/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections"The FEC this week sent a letter demanding Crossroads GPS, the Karl Rove-backed nonprofit that pumped millions of dollars in anonymous donations into last year's Congressional campaigns, disclose its contributors. The request appears unlikely to be honored but it could signal an effort to tighten regulations on controversial third-party groups."
Jun17Clips Round-up for 6/17/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Feds Appeal Judge’s Ruling on Campaign Finance Law
“Federal prosecutors on Thursday appealed a judge’s ruling that prompted howls of protest from campaign-finance reform advocates when he declared the law that bans corporate contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional.”
Jun16Clips Round-up for 6/16/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Citizens United Rules Stall at FEC
“After almost 18 months of discussions, memorandums and regulatory debates, the Federal Election Commission failed Wednesday to begin its process for updating regulations in light of the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United.”
Jun14Clips Round-up for 6/14/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Lawmakers Set to Double Donor Limits For Gubernatorial CandidatesMay10Clips Round-up for 5/10/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Assaults on workers and voting rights: an organized attack to shift political power
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart and Demos’ Tova Wang write that the assault on voting rights, union rights, and campaign finance system are a concerted effort to shift political power.May03Clips Round-up for 5/3/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Embattled House ethics panel hires top lawyer
The House Ethics Committee has hired the former counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee as its new staff director and chief counselApr05Clips Round-up for 4/5/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
McComish, the Supreme Court and the Fiesta Bowl Scandal
Doug Kendall writes on the connection between the U.S. Supreme Court case McComish v. Bennett and what’s currently going on in Arizona with the Fiesta Bowl scandal.Mar30Clips Round-up for 3/30/11
Campaign Finance/Ethics
Mar23Clips Round-up for 3/23/11
Untitled Document Wisconsin Protest
Hundreds of Wisconsin Protestors Crash GOP Fundraiser
The Slatest picks up the protests.