Category Archives: campaign finance

Sheldon Adelson Organizing Super PAC to Support Republican Redistricting Efforts in 2020

June 10, 2017, 9:39 amcampaign finance, redistrictingRick Hasen

Teddy Schleifer for CNN: One person filling some of the fundraising leadership void left by Trump: Sheldon Adelson, the party’s largest contributor, who is preparing for possible headwinds ahead of 2018, according to a person with knowledge of his plans.… Continue reading

“Bernie Sanders and Rick Hasen Are Two Sides of the Same Defective Coin on Free Speech”

June 9, 2017, 8:24 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Joe Albanese for the Center for Competitive Politics. My rebuttal.

“More than $200,000 raised in Seattle Democracy Vouchers, so far”

June 8, 2017, 7:14 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

KING5: The August primary is less than two months away, and if you’re registered to vote in the city of Seattle, you may have money to use that you’ve forgotten about. Remember the new Democracy Voucher program? So far, more… Continue reading

“U.S. District Court Strikes Down Kentucky Campaign Finance Law that Let Individuals Give More to Democratic and Republican Committees than Committees of Other Parties”

June 6, 2017, 9:52 pmballot access, campaign finance, third partiesRick Hasen

BAN: On June 6, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge William O. Bertelsman, a Carter appointee, struck down a Kentucky campaign finance contribution limit that discriminated in favor of the Republican and Democratic Parties, and against all other parties. Shickel v… Continue reading

“How a ‘shadow’ universe of charities joined with political warriors to fuel Trump’s rise”

June 4, 2017, 3:17 pmcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Must-read WaPo: Long before Trump promised to build a wall, ban Muslims and abandon the Paris climate accord, Horowitz used his tax-exempt group to rail against illegal immigrants, the spread of Islam and global warming. Center officials described Hillary Clinton… Continue reading

“The Price of Power: How Political Parties Squeeze Influential Lawmakers to Boost their Campaign Coffers”

May 30, 2017, 7:41 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Issue One: A new report from Issue One called “The Price of Power” details how the chairs and ranking members of the most influential committees in the U.S. House of Representatives are increasingly being pressured by party leadership to funnel… Continue reading

“FEC Memo Says Cruz Declines to Amend Disclosure Reports”

May 24, 2017, 8:11 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has refused demands by the Federal Election Commission to provide more public details about more than $1 million in bank loans that helped finance his original campaign for the Senate in 2012, according to… Continue reading

“A Surprise Win for Campaign Contribution Limits”

May 23, 2017, 12:07 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Daniel Weiner and Ian Vandewalker blog.

“Supreme Court Affirms Ban on ‘Soft Money’ in Campaigns”

May 23, 2017, 5:52 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Kate Ackley for Roll Call: Sarbanes and outside advocates of new restrictions on political money said they were dismayed that Gorsuch, along with conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, went out of his way to say he wanted the court to hear… Continue reading

Bauer on the Supreme Court’s Summary Affirmance in the McCain-Feingold Soft Money Case

May 23, 2017, 5:44 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bob: The Wild West in campaign finance, with the regulatory process in disarray, has caused all manner of distress among critics of the role of money in politics. But they could be comforted, finding some measure of compensation in a… Continue reading

Breaking: #SCOTUS Declines Soft Money Case; Thomas and Gorsuch Would Vote to Hear

May 22, 2017, 6:32 amcampaign finance, political parties, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Today’s order list contains this summary disposition: 16-865 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LA, ET AL. V. FEC The judgment is affirmed. Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch would note probable jurisdiction and set the case for oral argument. This is a surprise… Continue reading

Supreme Court Could Announce Monday Whether It is Taking Up McCain-Feingold Soft Money Case

May 21, 2017, 9:50 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

It was listed for last Thursday’s conference. I suspect that it will be at least one more conference before we get an announcement. As noted when the Trump Administration surprisingly supported the constitutionality of the soft money rules, I still… Continue reading

“It’s not over: The FEC is on the job with messy 2016 reporting by Trump campaign and JFCs”

May 19, 2017, 9:14 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Open Secrets: Take the campaign’s September monthly report, covering Aug. 1-31, 2016. It has gone through four iterations. The first version, filed by the Sept. 20 deadline, was 25,625 pages long. But when it was amended for the first time… Continue reading

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