“A Trump Administration Plan that Could Boost Corporate ‘Dark Money’ in Elections”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Possible pay-to-play scheme for ambassador role in Trump administration uncovered by CBS News”
CBS News:
A CBS News investigation has uncovered a possible pay-for-play scheme involving the Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the Bahamas. Emails obtained by CBS News show the nominee, San Diego billionaire Doug Manchester,… Continue reading
Supreme Court Takes No Action Again on Major Campaign Finance Petition
Supreme Court takes no action yet again on major campaign finance petition. Court could eventually grant, or, perhaps at this point more likely now would be either some kind of summary action or a dissent from denial of cert. from… Continue reading
Campaign Legal Center Unsuccessfully Fights Effort to Allow Clinton Campaign and Allied Super PAC to Defend Itself in Federal Court (Comment from Marc Elias)
Court order.
Comment from Marc Elias via email: “The idea that a so called good government group would use the fact that the FEC is shorthanded to try to score a victory in court and not let the case… Continue reading
“Grassroots Money Beats Amazon in Seattle; ‘Democracy dollars’ and an influx of small donations powered progressive city council members to victory over corporate money.”
Nick Nyhart and Adam Eichen at TAP.
“Bloomberg Will Spend $100 Million on Anti-Trump Online Ad Blitz”
Parnas and Fruman Got Access to Trump to Call for Dumping Ambassador By Promising Big Contribution to Trump Super PAC
WaPo:
The April 2018 dinner was designed to be an intimate affair, an opportunity for a handful of big donors to a super PAC allied with President Trump to personally interact with the president and his eldest son.In an exclusive… Continue reading
“AP Exclusive: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements”
AP:
A top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer in Iowa privately offered campaign contributions to local politicians in exchange for endorsing his White House bid, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the conversations.The overtures from Pat… Continue reading
“Our Campaign Finance Nationalism”
Gene Mazo has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Pepperdine Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This Article chronicles the history, structure, and contours of our “campaign finance nationalism.” I use this term to describe a system in which the… Continue reading
Supreme Court May Decide to Hear Major Campaign Finance Case This Week
As early as Friday, the Supreme Court could announce it will hear a case that could put the nail into coffin of limits on campaign contributions to candidates. Here’s my preview in The Atlantic from last summer about this Paul… Continue reading
“Empower the FEC to Fight Election Crime; A depleted commission faces threats from Russia and beyond.”
“Amid troubles, Trump has huge cash advantage for 2020; But Democrats have already raised $700 million from small-dollar donors giving $200 or less”
Kate Ackley for Roll Call.
“First Amendment (Un)Exceptionalism: A Comparative Taxonomy of Campaign Finance Reform Proposals in the US and UK”
Lori Ringhand has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Ohio State L.J.). Here is the abstract:
There is an urgent conversation happening among the world’s democracies about how to respond to the combined threat of online electioneering and foreign interference… Continue reading
“Democratic Strategists Set Up $75 Million Digital Campaign to Counter Trump”
NYT:
A progressive organization is plunging itself into the presidential campaign, unveiling plans to spend $75 million on digital advertising to counter President Trump’s early spending advantage in key 2020 battleground states.The effort, by a nonprofit group called Acronym and… Continue reading