More than a decade ago, the United States Supreme Court held that government restrictions on independent political expenditures by corporations and labor unions violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Citizens United v. Fed. Election...
Has The Legislature Forgotten Citizens United And The First Amendment?
Posted on December 28, 2022
California Bill Would Require CEOs to Disavow "Foreign Influence"
Posted on December 22, 2022
Legislator Proposes Ban On Foreign-Influenced Business Entity Contributions
Posted on December 21, 2022
The California legislature is currently in recess and is scheduled to reconvene on January 4. However, some bills have already been introduced, including AB 83 (Lee & Kalra), which would enact the "Get Foreign Money Out of California Elections Act"....
California Considers Following New England Colonists In Outlawing Fake News
Posted on April 03, 2017
In February, California Assemblyman Ed Chau introduced a bill (AB 1104) that according to its author "attacks the problem of 'fake news' by creating a new state law designed to make it illegal for someone to make false or deceptive statements about...