Circumventing contribution limits through hiring Member of Congress's family The Los Angeles Times tomorrow features "A Washington Bouquet: Hire a Lawmaker's Kid; Stiffer rules are making it harder to direct cash to a congressman. But you can still put his family on the payroll." This is the first of two parts. Thanks to Howard Bashman for the pointer.

"Some Say Inquiry Could Lead to Overhaul in Picking Judges" The New York Times offers this report, which includes the following statement: "The election of judges has been a process little understood by the public, and long sheltered from great scrutiny. But according to the lawyers and others involved in the Brooklyn case, Justice Garson, facing arrest on charges of accepting money and gifts from lawyers, made his own sort of admission. Judgeships in Brooklyn, he told investigators, could be bought from Democratic party officials, and four judges, he said, were rumored to have done just that."

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