| Subject: [EL] Electionlawblog news and commentary 10/5/10 |
| From: DANIEL TOKAJI |
| Date: 10/5/2010, 8:54 AM |
| To: Election Law |
Marcy Murninghan argues here that Citizens United "opened the floodgates of corporate money into political campaigns and continues to reverberate throughout public life."
First Read has this post on Republican-leaning outside groups outspending Democratic-leaning groups. In related news, Democracy 21 and Campaign Legal Center have asked the IRS to investigate Crossroads GPS, while Think Progress has this post on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's solicitation of foreign funding.
You can find the audio of yesterday's argument in Thalheimer v. City of San Diego here.
At 538, Nate Silver comments on the possibility of a third-party candidate in 2012, suggested by Thomas Friedman.
Lisa Gilbert looks into it on HuffPost.
The Center for Public Integrity has published this post from Peter Stone.
Eliza Carney has this column.
CNN reports here and the NYT here on a federal indictment against eleven people, including four Alabama state legislators, alleging bribery and offers to bribe in connection with proposed gaming legislation. My colleague Donald Tobin offers these thoughts on the case.
The WaPo editorializes here in support of DOJ's action in the New Black Panther case.
The First Circuit will hear argument tomorrow in Respect Maine PAC v. McKee, which seeks a preliminary injunction against Maine's public financing law. An amicus brief from the Brennan Center and Demos may be found here. (If anyone has a link to other briefs in the case, please let me know.)
Update: Plaintiff's filings, along with the district court's orders, may be found here.
If you happen to be in San Francisco, the Commonwealth Club will be hosting Switzerland's Federal Chancellor Corina Casanova on Wednesday evening.