The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has recently released the 2007 Terrorist Assets Report to Congress. The report details that $336.2 million of seized assets allegedly related to terrorism is currently being held by Treasury. Of that, $20.7 million originated with foreign terror¬ist organizations, a category that includes charitable organizations. This number is up from $16.4 million detailed in the 2006 report. It also reports that $315.5 million originated with designated state sponsors of terrorism.

The Institute for Justice (IFJ) has filed a lawsuit challenging a Florida state law that they charge violates free speech rights by forcing groups that mention political issues or candidates to register with the state. The suit was filed on behalf of the Broward Coalition of Condominium, Homeowners and Community Organizations, the National Taxpayers Union and the University of Florida's College Libertarians.

A Judge recently ruled that a Michigan program that requires clerks to purge voters whose voter cards are returned as undeliverable violates federal law. The National Voter Registration Act allows voters to remain on the election roles for two cycles after the voter registration cards are returned as undeliverable. According to an ACLU press release, the Judge ordered the state of Michigan to "immediately discontinue their practice of canceling or rejecting a voter's registration based upon the return of the voter's original voter identification card as undeliverable."

In April, we reported about a new website called VoterVoter.com. According to BNA Money and Politics ($$), the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is likely to support the VoterVoter.com proposal that would allow individuals to pay directly for television ads supporting a candidate while avoiding FEC limits on campaign contributions. During an open meeting FEC commissioners indicated some approval for the advisory opinion (AO 2008-10) for the VoterVoter.com request, but a final vote was put off.