Political and Legal Law

With no test to determine the extent of a political group’s campaign work … chief counsel at The American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative legal group representing some Tea Party organizations. Eight of the 25 Tea Party groups … Continue reading →

“It’s an artifact of income differences and professional differences,” said David Magleby, a political science professor at Brigham Young University. “Women have not, until recently, been as large of players in corporate leadership or partners in law firms …

With no test to determine the extent of a political group’s campaign work … chief counsel at The American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative legal group representing some Tea Party organizations. Eight of the 25 Tea Party groups … Continue reading →

So, here’s how it works. THE CONNECTIONS: For starters, the graphic uses spokes to show the connections between entities – for instance, you easily see how a law firm’s political action committee gave heavily both to Romney for …

Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure into law today that seeks to protect families that take out high-risk home loans and put more restrictions on companies that issue high-interest tax refund anticipation loans. Under the measure, which goes into …

The supreme court has confirmed today that asylum seekers cannot be required to lie about their political beliefs in order to avoid persecution in their country of nationality. This may come as no surprise to refugee law anoraks, but the … Continue reading →

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Tuesday a bill that will allow the state Fair Political Practices Commission to enforce new campaign finance rules in San Bernardino County. It is the first time the state’s political watchdog will contract with … Continue reading →

The bill, which is more limited in scope than other iterations, would extend the civil statute of limitations from the current law which places it three years after the victim reaches age 18, to 25 years after the victim reaches … Continue reading →

MANSEHRA, July 24: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) president Mian Nawaz Sharif has assured party leaders, including Pir Sabir Shah, during a recent meeting to keep his son-in-law Mohammad Safdar away from politics in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sources …

Lancaster City Council condemned the state’s new voter ID law, calling it an unnecessary hurdle that will prevent citizens from voting. Council criticized the measure in a resolution that passed 6-0 on Tuesday. Councilman John Graupera, who …