Steven Law, president of Crossroads GPS, said what distinguished the group from its sister organization, American Crossroads, which is registered with the F.E.C. as a political committee, was that Crossroads GPS was focused over the longer term on advocating on "a suite of issues that are likely to see some sort of legislative response.
But he made no call for any sort of legislative response. .
For now, though, there is something like consensus that the court's existing decisions will not stand in the way of most legislative responses to the recent shootings.
The food inventory break was originally enacted as part of the legislative response to Katrina, but donations of food inventories did not have to be targeted specifically for hurricane relief efforts in order to be eligible for the enhanced deduction.
Within months of pushing back against legislative responses to the Giffords' shooting, it was again on the offensive, shepherding legislation that requires states that allow concealed weapons to recognize each other's permits.
Red flag laws have emerged as one of the most popular legislative responses to the February massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were killed.
But they have been even more surprised by the swiftness of the legislative response in Washington, which stands in contrast to the years of wrangling that followed the Asian financial crisis.
That's why part of the legislative response to Citizens United ought to include putting elections into the hands of voters through citizen-financed elections like the bipartisan Fair Elections legislation now advancing in Congress.
In 1774, as part of the legislative response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament considered a bill which would have abolished appeals of murder and trials by battle in the American colonies.
However both represent a wider international trend of addressing anti-corruption through legislative responses and extending liability and enforcement beyond national borders.
