"Really they are just trying to exercise their First Amendment rights."
John LaRue, counsel to individuals and entities contending that San
Diego's campaign finance laws restrict their free speech rights under
the First Amendment (see my recent
blog post on the case)
"We asked [our clients to agree not to speak publicly about the case]
so there could...
It's worth noting two Washington
Post-ABC News poll questions concerning the Citizens United decision
on corporate-funded independent expenditures. Most notable is the fact
that the reaction was roughly the same across the political spectrum.
The ruling was opposed by 85% of Democrats polled, 76% of Republicans,
and 81% of independents. These days, it's rare to have such a...
It's only been six weeks since I wrote about a campaign finance suit in
San Diego, filed by the Republican
Party of San Diego County, a former City Council candidate, a
pro-business group, a union PAC, and a pollster. Yesterday the federal
district court handed down an
important split decision on the plaintiffs'...
EC Jurisdiction Over Independent Agencies: The Charter's the Answer
In Jacksonville, where City Ethics' president, Carla Miller, is the
ethics officer, the charter revision commission unanimously voted to
give the city's ethics
commission jurisdiction over all the city's independent agencies,
according to an
article in yesterday's Daily Record.
I've been remiss at covering the complex battles that have gone on in
and around the San Francisco ethics commission. I did, however, start a piece in
August 2009, which I have appended to this one, with an update.