Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker says in a lawsuit filed this week that one of his opponents in the June 1 Republican primary failed to “file certain required documents…
The Florida Supreme Court has reprimanded a judge for two mistakes in 2008 campaign materials, including a YouTube link that contained the word “re-elect.”
Seeking to force the state Democratic Party to acknowledge that she is qualified for run for office as Connecticut attorney general, secretary of state Susan Bysiewicz sued and, beginning last…
Two court decisions on Friday tried to sort out the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s January campaign finance ruling in Citizens United v. Federal…
Eighty percent of Americans polled oppose the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 21 ruling that found corporations have a First Amendment right to expressly support political candidates.
A landmark campaign-finance decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last month striking corporate spending limits as an unconstitutional restriction of companies’ free speech reflects the influence of the Reagan era,…
Twenty-five leading law firms that represent plaintiffs in shareholder litigation apparently have an interest in politics, even when the races aren’t local.
A family court judge who was deemed unqualified by South Carolina’s Judicial Merit Selection Commission has filed a lawsuit challenging legislators’ control of the screening body.
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor says last week’s ruling striking down restrictions on corporate campaign spending will likely affect judicial elections as corporate and union money flows into…
Which lawyer should get the credit for last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision finding that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend money on campaign ads on behalf of…