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Appeals court’s ruling in favor of ex-U.S. Rep. David Rivera may be fatal to FEC’s mission
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
When a federal appeals court threw out the Federal Election Commission’s $456,000 judgment against former Republican Miami congressman David Rivera last week, it may also have inflicted a mortal blow to the FEC. -
As U.S. Supreme Court’s workload drops, justices seek hefty budget increase to include 24-hour private security
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
While it’s gone largely unnoticed by the national media, the U.S. Supreme Court’s workload fell again with a sharp 22 percent decrease in the number of cases filed in the court’s paid docket – even as Chief Justice John Roberts is asking Congress for a 22 percent increase in the court’s budget, to $140 million. -
Months after her Trump indignity, U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon catches another political hot potato
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Many shed a tear when Miami federal judge Marcia Cooke died after a bout with cancer on Jan. 27. Not only was she the first black woman to become a judge in the Southern District of Florida, Cooke was also widely respected for her evenhandedness in court. Yet for ex-congressman David Rivera, Cooke’s departure is an opportunity. -
FEC deadlocks on ‘serious’ Cindy Yang case; Republican loyalists make Trump ’53-0′ in FEC enforcement cases
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Remember Cindy Yang? She’s the South Florida massage parlor owner who gained notoriety in 2019 for marketing tourism packages to Chinese businessmen featuring access to American politicians, including then-President Trump. A deadlocked FEC has decided not to investigate her case. -
‘The scandal is what is legal’: How the very rich spend as much as they want to control our politicians
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his 1926 short story The Rich Boy, famously wrote, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today’s very rich Republicans and Democrats exploit their difference to spend as much as they want to control the nation’s politicians.
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