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Supreme Court takes up 'honest services,' or anti-corruption, law | csmonitor.com - 0 views

  • The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases in its current term examining a controversial federal statute that makes it a crime "to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services." The law is a powerful weapon in the arsenal of prosecutors seeking to root out all forms of public and private corruption. But the statute, critics say, fails to give fair warning of precisely which conduct violates the law.
  • In 1987, the Supreme Court struck down a similar "honest services" law, saying the outer boundaries of the statute were too ambiguous. The court said that federal prosecutors seeking to prove mail fraud would have to show a deprivation of actual physical property. In other words, it wasn't enough to provide evidence that a defendant had infringed "the intangible right of the citizenry to good government." The court declared: "If Congress desires to go further, it must speak more clearly than it has."
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    Supreme Court reconsidering public and private corruption law. Possible resolution.
Chen Lin

A government for the people, or a government for wealthy special interests? - CSMonitor... - 0 views

  • And while most Americans understand this system to be badly broken already, the US Supreme Court this year ruled, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, to permit unlimited spending by corporations and unions to influence elections. Indeed, early figures show that vastly more money is being spent to influence the outcome of our elections this fall – $4.2 billion in political ad spending alone compared with just $2.1 billion in 2008, according to Borrell Associates. Less than a third of organizations spending money on the fall elections thus far are disclosing their sources of funds, thereby denying citizens any knowledge of who is trying to influence the election.
  • As an important first step in reclaiming our elections and curbing the undue influence of special interests on our candidates, it is high time that Congress passed the Fair Elections Now Act, introduced in the House by my former colleagues Democrat John Larson of Connecticut and Republican Walter Jones of North Carolina. Modeled after successful Fair Elections programs in eight states, the proposed law would require that participating candidates turn down special interest money and accept only $100-or-less donations from their constituents. Candidates who reach a qualifying threshold of 1,500 in-state donations would then be eligible to receive sufficient matching funds to run a serious campaign. This would dramatically reduce the influence of special interests, including unions and corporations. And Fair Elections would open the election process to many more Americans who currently have no opportunity to seek public office for lack of funds.
Ankur Mandhania

Sidebar - The Case of the Plummeting Supreme Court Docket - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    court clog low
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    court clog low
Chen Lin

Supreme Court's campaign finance ruling: just the facts - CSMonitor.com - 0 views

  • The high court also upheld a more sweeping disclosure requirement. Any corporation spending more than $10,000 a year on electioneering efforts must publicly disclose the names of individual contributors.
  • The Supreme Court did not jettison all campaign finance restrictions. Corporations and unions are still prohibited from making direct contributions to federal candidates. Such contributions must be made either by individuals or through regulated political action committees.In addition, although corporations may now spend money to make a political point during election season, the high court has strongly endorsed – by an 8-to-1 vote – disclaimer and disclosure requirements within the federal campaign finance law.That means that when corporations place a political ad on television or radio within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election, it must include the disclaimer: "______ is responsible for the content of this advertising."This disclaimer requirement may deter many corporations from engaging in the kind of vicious political attack ads that some analysts suggest will now become commonplace.
Ankur Mandhania

Law.com - High Court Returns to a Busy Schedule - 0 views

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    massive uniqueness - SC is on the brink of shaping the term, key to long-term rep of court
Ankur Mandhania

Balkinization - 0 views

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    SC strategy as to what cases get heard - potential DA
Ankur Mandhania

U.S.: No habeas rights at Bagram | SCOTUSblog - 0 views

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    rights of long-term detainees from Afghanistan - BO Admin says no habeas for them
Ankur Mandhania

Argument preview: Corporations in politics | SCOTUSblog - 0 views

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    SC case regarding finance reform and corporate speech
Ankur Mandhania

A limit on Confrontation rights? | SCOTUSblog - 0 views

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    uniqueness: SC fucked up bad on criminal rights, legitimacy is low, etc
Ankur Mandhania

Reaching, or waiting, for a constitutional issue | SCOTUSblog - 0 views

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    potential aff - have SC rule this law constitutional, since it's so key to fighting corruption...\n\nor, hell, go the other way...
Ankur Mandhania

SCOTUSblog » The new world of campaign finance law - 0 views

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    initial ramifications of citizens united
Ankur Mandhania

SCOTUSblog » Divining the purpose of a treaty on child abduction - 0 views

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    scalia's comments about how to interpret treaties = fun with DAs
Ankur Mandhania

PrawfsBlawg: Passion, Justice Scalia, and the Establishment Clause - 0 views

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    Scalia and religion - crazy PIC/DA shit maybe?
Ankur Mandhania

Section 5 survives for now | SCOTUSblog - 0 views

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    good civil rights law uniqueness - esp for GGI
Ankur Mandhania

Which State is a Nationwide Corporation's Principal Place of Business? | SCOTUSblog - 0 views

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    what is corporation's place of business? HUGE economic implications
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