Following discussions with participants in the First Tuesday Lunch Group, a bipartisan discussion group of public policy practitioners, we have revised The Curious History of Schedule B legal analysis published last week into a new one, called “Revising the Nixon ‘Enemies List,’ Using IRS FormSource: Reviving the Nixon “Enemies List,” Using IRS Form 990, Schedule B...
Privacy in Focus has been tracking developments in the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of three petitions for certiorari seeking Court review of the California Attorney General’s (AG) mandatory donor-disclosure rule for nonprofit organizations.Source: Political Privacy Law Update...
Left and right agree on one point. The president’s re-election campaign is way ahead online. Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.Source: Trump’s Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists...
(Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images) Former “dark money” giant Americans for Job Security has walked out from the shadows, disclosing its donors last week following years of complaints and lawsuits filed by ethics watchdogs.Source: GOP heavy hitters, Trump cabinet members revealed as donors to anti-Obama ‘dark money’ group...
“There is no question that public disclosure of donor identities burdens the First Amendment rights to free speech and free association” the federal judge wrote.Source: NY Ethics Law Requiring Issue Advocacy Groups to Disclose Donors Is Struck Down as Unconstitutional...
The summer of 2019 was the summer of harassment for people who support candidates and causes. Rep. Joaquin Castro’s tweet doxxing constituents who donated to President Trump’s campaign rightly drew criticism of the Texas Democrat from people of all stripes.Source: The summer of political harassment shows why privacy is essential...
On July 12, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in Fusaro v Cogan, 18-2187. The case had been filed by a Virginia resident who wanted to purchase a list of registered voters in a portion of Maryland. However, Maryland law says the list can only be given to residents of Maryland. The U.S.Source: Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Public...
It was a crowded primary field and Tony Evers, running for governor, was eager to win the support of officials gathered at a Wisconsin state Democratic party meeting, so the candidate did all the usual things: he read the room, he shook hands, he networked.Source: Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in...
WASHINGTON – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in CREW v. FEC (Case No. 16-0259), granting the Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and denying the Commission’s cross-motion for summary judgment.Source: District Court issues opinion in CREW v. FEC...
With the GDPR just over one month old, the California legislature has now passed its own version of the European privacy law, ushering in the toughest rules on internet privacy in the country.Source: California Passes Toughest Online Privacy Law in the U.S....
