Category Archives: campaign finance
“Corporate donations are new test for Democratic candidates”
AP:
Long considered a peripheral issue in midterm elections, money in politics is emerging as a new litmus test for Democratic candidates. In ads, stump speeches and debates, scores of politicians are pledging to reject corporate PAC donations. Their ranks… Continue reading
“Are the Last Key Campaign Finance Laws in Kavanaugh’s Sights?”
Unanimous Second Circuit, in Opinion by Judge Katzmann, Rejects 1st Amendment Challenge to Vermont Public Financing Law
You can read the opinion here (via How Appealing).
“Campaign Finance Laws And Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Liberal secret-money network hammers House GOP”
Politico:
A network of secret-money nonprofit groups has spent millions of dollars attacking swing-seat House Republicans on health care and taxes, quietly becoming one of the biggest players in the 2018 political landscape.
The groups have local members and names… Continue reading
“Companies must align political contributions with core values”
Daniel Bross and Bruce Freed SF Chronicle oped:
The Center for Political Accountability’s new study, “Collision Course: The Risks Companies Face When Their Political Spending and Core Values Conflict and How to Address Them,” argues that when companies… Continue reading
If Donald Trump Knew About the Meeting With Russians at Trump Tower, Would That Be a Campaign Finance Violation? It’s Complicated
Yesterday CNN reported:
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton,… Continue reading
“Legal Opinions Or Political Commentary? A New Judge Exemplifies The Trump Era”
Carrie Johnson for NPR:
Ho’s first opinion, in April, was a dissent in a case involving limits on campaign contributions in Austin, Texas. Candidates for municipal elections — people like mayors and city council representatives who represent fewer than 100,000… Continue reading
“The Risks Companies Face When Their Political Spending and Core Values Conflict”
Freed and Sandstrom for the Institute for Public Relations.
“Money, politics and Justice Anthony Kennedy: Revisiting Citizens United”
Michael Morley at The Conversation.
“Montana Governor Sues I.R.S., Warning of ‘Foreign Money’ in Elections”
NYT:
Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, a Democrat who has crusaded against the loosening of campaign finance rules, is suing the Trump administration to block it from eliminating a mandate that politically active nonprofit groups disclose the identities of their… Continue reading
“How to Tell Where Brett Kavanaugh Stands on Citizens United”
Adam Liptak for the NYT:
Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has a favorite sentence. It explains why he is likely to reaffirm and build on the Citizens United decision if he is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
The sentence appeared in… Continue reading
“The super rich boost political giving ahead of November’s tough midterm election”
USA Today:
Donors who have given $1 million or more in this cycle contributed $120.1 million to super PACs in the April-to-June fundraising quarter. That’s more than twice the $58.8 million they donated during the previous three-month period.
Republicans accounted… Continue reading