Sentences with phrase «solicit campaign»

Under Florida's Code of Judicial Conduct, judges and judicial candidates «shall not personally solicit campaign funds, or solicit attorneys for publicly stated support, but may establish committees of responsible persons to secure and manage the expenditure of funds for the candidate's campaign and to obtain public statements of support for his or her candidacy.»

One of the personal solicitation rules currently under contention — Florida's — says that judicial candidates «shall not personally solicit campaign funds, or solicit attorneys for publicly stated support.»

In a Kentucky case decided July 13, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that judicial candidates have First Amendment rights to personally solicit campaign funds and to announce their party affiliation and receive political party endorsements.

Vanderbilt Law Review's online forum (called En Banc) just published a fascinating list of short essays on the Supreme Court's upcoming Williams - Yulee opinion (which will address to what extent the First Amendment shields elective judges who solicit campaign contributions personally):

Readers undoubtedly know that the Supreme Court of the United States will soon decide whether judges, or at least judicial candidates, may solicit campaign contributions personally (i.e., in lieu of, or in addition to, the customary campaign committee of «responsible persons»).

The mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was convicted along with a lawyer on Thursday in a scheme to solicit campaign donations from law firms and vendors in exchange for city contracts.

He wrote a probable cause statement supporting a new, unrelated charge filed against Greitens last week alleging he misused a charity donor list to solicit campaign donations.

The conference provides ample opportunity for attorneys general to directly solicit campaign contributions from corporate representatives during private meetings, informal conversations and leisure activities — like a golf tournament, zip lining, and a tour of the Olympic training center.

While it's illegal to solicit campaign contributions from Los Angeles city employees, it is perfectly legal for employees to give on their own accord,...

He has established a website and begun to solicit campaign funds.

It is a violation of state election law for any municipal employee to solicit a campaign contribution from a subordinate.

Who ignored an executive order, initially issued by one of his predecessors, in order to solicit campaign contributions from his appointees.

«The mayor can not solicit campaign donations from people who have business before the city.»

Essex County Republican Committee Chairman Shaun Gillilland blasted the governor's fundraising, indirectly referencing a New York Times report detailing an operation to solicit campaign donations from state appointees.

«After accepting more than $ 100,000 in campaign contributions from plaintiff's attorneys he employs in class action suits — which can be hugely lucrative to those firms — Mr. DiNapoli is using official state business to solicit campaign contributions.

«Donategate» begins with Hon's revelation that BC Liberals illegally solicited campaign funding from municipalities, including Kitimat, where officials say they were «duped» into giving.

The announcement was made amid revelations that US Attorney Preet Bharara, according to sources, is looking at how the mayor solicits campaign cash from members of the real estate industry.

While Mayor de Blasio was soliciting campaign contributions from billionaire John Catsimatidis, lobbyists for one of the tycoon's companies were pushing to secure legislation that could mean big bucks, in a potential conflict of interest, critics charged Sunday.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Attorneys for New York's Western District unsealed a criminal complaint Monday, charging former Erie County Democratic Committee chairman Steve Pigeon with soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national and conspiring with other to commit the offense.

While de Blasio was soliciting campaign contributions from billionaire John Catsimatidis, lobbyists for one of the tycoon's companies were pushing to secure legislation that could mean big bucks, in a potential conflict of interest, critics charged.

On Wednesday the House Committee on Ethics released a 177 page report saying they have «sustainable reason to believe» that Bishop may have broken ethics rules by soliciting campaign donations in exchange for official actions.

Wade said he showed up for his grand jury testimony armed with a newspaper article about Jack Casey, a former Rensselaer County Republican chairman, once soliciting campaign donations from county workers.

Laws designed to prevent judicial candidates from soliciting campaign donations frustrated the Iowa NBA's early attempts to raise funds.

The Arkansas Supreme Court held that the canon was narrowly tailored to the state's interests in judicial impartiality and open - mindedness, and that White was inapplicable because the facts of the case and the details of the solicitation canon were distinguishable: «We do not believe anyone can seriously argue that a judge personally soliciting campaign contributions from attorneys having cases before him or her should be permissible.»

It also held that Minnesota may not prohibit judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign funds through solicitation letters or appeals to large gatherings.

The court also held that the state's solicitation clause, which prohibited judges and judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions (but allowed campaign committees to do so on behalf of the candidates), was unconstitutional to the extent that it prohibited candidates from signing solicitation letters and making campaign appeals before large groups.

The Florida Supreme Court thus publicly reprimanded Williams - Yulee for violating the Canon, notwithstanding her complaint that the Canon violates the First Amendment «in that it limits a judicial candidate's right to engage in free speech by prohibiting a judicial candidate from directly soliciting campaign contributions.»

On April 29th, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Williams - Yulee v. Florida Bar, upholding the constitutionality of Florida's canon of judicial conduct prohibiting judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions.

[1] Judicial candidates are prohibited from personally soliciting campaign contributions or personally accepting campaign contributions.

Williams - Yulee's case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the question it will decide is whether a rule of judicial conduct that prohibits candidates for judicial office from personally soliciting campaign funds violates the First Amendment.

Such committees are not prohibited from soliciting campaign contributions and public support from any person or corporation authorized by law.

Not exact matches

McDonald's Canada debuted its «Our Food, Your Questions» campaign in June 2012, soliciting customers» questions about their food practices on social media.

So it doesn't take a lot, even if you're a small company, to find some way to solicit feedback from either a large group of your customers through an email campaign with a SurveyMonkey link or even just kind of talking to customers on a regular basis over the fourth quarter to get some feedback.

Like most big corporations, Novo Nordisk runs a political action committee, or PAC, which solicits employee donations and gives the proceeds to political candidates» campaigns.

One study determined that a single campaign — a malevolent program called CryptoWall 3.0 — may have earned its developers more than $ 325 million in payments such as the one solicited from individuals and businesses like Schneider's.

The suit says that the Trump campaign solicited Russia's illegal assistance and maintained secret communications with people linked to the Russian government, including a spy agency tasked with attacking the DNC.

The researchers worked with the Association of Former Students at Texas A&M to test the donation responses of alums who were solicited for money during a regular direct - mail fundraising campaign.

So did Trump, who after largely self - funding his campaign only began actively soliciting donations at the end of May.

That law barred dedicated political - advocacy groups from soliciting and spending soft money — funds that aren't subject to tight federal campaign - contribution limits and are used for issue advocacy and party - building...

Requests that solicit financial support for individuals, political candidates and political campaigns or entities that are not 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organizations will not be considered.

In fact, the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) took an extensive look at this topic as part of its Consumer Planning Program, a multi-faceted campaign to solicit and understand consumer attitudes and behaviors.

The Gerber name has long been synonymous with baby food, and the icon of the Gerber Baby traditionally has symbolized quality and trustworthiness; indeed, a late twentieth - century survey found Gerber to have the highest consumer loyalty of any commercial brand in the United States.92 In 1928 the Fremont Canning Company solicited illustrations of a baby face for the advertising campaign to introduce its newly developed baby food.

Political advertising engages voters, publicises rallies, solicits donations, and ultimately encourages supporters to join the campaigns.

«At that time we were working together and I was of the belief that the Senate Republican Campaign Committee solicited some donations that would help that effort to elect Senator Grisanti and that was about the extent of what I knew at that time,» Langworthy said.

Since then, the campaigns» supporters have hung out on local street corners at various high - traffic times, waving signs and soliciting honks from supportive drivers — Clintonistas retook Mount Pleasant Street with a powerful infantry contingent a week after the Obama raid, while a ton of Obamans were out on U Street Friday evening, targeting partiers heading to Adams Morgan.

On page 17, while mentioning that Skelos was soliciting substantial campaign contributions from that same company, the Erie County Republican Committee is referenced as an example.

The ads come as Politico is reporting that Bishop may be facing an ethics probe because his campaign solicited donations from a couple who needed the Congressman's help to get clearance for a fireworks display for their sons bar mitzvah.

In Buffalo federal court, G. Steven Pigeon will have a preliminary hearing on June 15 to evaluate the government's evidence that he solicited an illegal contribution to the 2014 re-election campaign of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In a session before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer, a newly unsealed FBI complaint alleges Pigeon conspired to solicit a $ 25,000 contribution to the Cuomo campaign from a Montreal - based internet gambling company for whom his Papi Holdings LLC earned $ 388,000 in lobbying fees from 2010 to 2015.

Cuomo would like to model the state's system on the New York City campaign finance system, which offers candidates matching funds, once they have solicited small contributions from individual donors.