| Subject: news of the day 6/2/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 6/2/2004, 7:03 AM |
| To: election-law |
The Hill offers this report,
which begins: "The Republican Governors Association (RGA), the largest
527 group allied with the GOP, has informed the IRS that it failed to
report millions of dollars in receipts and expenditures last year."
Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold offer this
commentary in the Cincinnati Post.
See this
report.
The governor said he vetoed the bill because it contained a provision
limiting the amounts corporations could contribute to PACs to $2,000.
Robert Samuelson offers this
Washington Post oped, that discusses, among other reforms,
McCain-Feingold.
See this
Winston-Salem Journal report,
which begins: "WSJS radio has suspended broadcast of the ads of all
candidates for the 5th Congressional District as it tries to determine
whether Vernon Robinson legally can air an English language ad that
gives a required disclaimer about how it was paid for in Spanish." The
disclaimer in question translated as: "Yo, Gringo! This episode of The
Twilight Zone was paid for by Robinson for Congress." Thanks to David
Ettinger for the pointer.
The Eighth Circuit will rehear en banc the judicial elections case, Republican
Party of Minnesota v. White. Oral argument will be the third week
in October. The order is here. This case
is on remand from the United States Supreme Court (536 U.S. 765 (2002).
Thanks to Ed Feigenbaum for the pointer.
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