Category Archives: campaign finance

“Trump camp concedes it’s low on money”

May 28, 2016, 9:20 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Washington Examiner: The notice came when Paul Manafort, Trump’s senior advisor, met with a group of Senate Republican chiefs of staff for lunch last week, sources familiar with the meeting told the Washington Examiner. The admission suggests that Trump will… Continue reading

New CA Anti-Citizens United Ballot Measure Slightly Differernt

May 28, 2016, 3:04 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

As we await word from Gov. Brown as to whether he will sign to put this on the ballot, there’s a slight difference in language this time around: Now the question to the voters reads, “Shall California’s elected officials… Continue reading

“Gov. Brown to decide whether California voters will sound off in November on money in politics”

May 27, 2016, 12:27 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

LAT: Lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a November ballot measure asking voters about the growing role of undisclosed donors in political campaigns, a non-binding anti-Citizens United measure that now needs the signature of Gov. Jerry Brown….But Republicans… Continue reading

“Clinton’s Best Defense”

May 27, 2016, 11:48 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Eliza Newlin Carney: Nevertheless, Clinton’s reliance on costly ad blitzes to defend herself against critics makes her vulnerable to further attacks. Her appeals to Wall Street donors andcoordination with such big money groups as Correct the Record reinforce… Continue reading

“Federal judge throws out suit against Doe prosecutors”

May 27, 2016, 8:29 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Patrick Marley for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit a former aide to Gov. Scott Walker brought against prosecutors, and said that a wealth of evidence seized by investigators about Walker’s campaign and conservative… Continue reading

“They Tilt Right, but Top Chief Executives Don’t Give to Trump”

May 27, 2016, 8:18 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: The C-suite leans right. Republican candidates have drawn overwhelming support from the highest-paid chief executives in the country this election cycle, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politicsconducted for The New York Times. That may… Continue reading

“The Dream is Dead: Can Taxpayer Money Save Presidential Campaigns?”

May 27, 2016, 8:07 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Shorenstein Center report.

“Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center Challenge Failure of FEC to Adopt Regulations to Implement Restricted Political Party Accounts”

May 27, 2016, 8:06 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

See here.

Penn Law Review Special Issue on Campaign Finance

May 26, 2016, 2:10 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Introduction: On the forty-year anniversary of Buckley v. Valeo, and in the midst of a presidential election campaign, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online is pleased to present this Special Issue on Campaign Finance, in collaboration with Demos.… Continue reading

“Eight Lessons We’ve Learned About Money in Politics This Election”

May 26, 2016, 12:50 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Fred Wertheimer.

“Judge issues stay reinstating campaign contribution limits from political parties”

May 26, 2016, 11:59 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Surprise in Montana. Wonder whether there was a flood of very big contributions in the interim. I bet that was the point for this election.

“Democrats Prepare Major Campaign Finance Reform Push”

May 26, 2016, 8:03 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

National Journal: It will offer Democrats, who are fighting to win back the Senate majority, a way to put Republicans on the defensive politically over the role of money in politics. The package could also be a preview of what… Continue reading

“Pillar of Law Files Lawsuit for Convention Delegates’ Rights to Free Speech”

May 26, 2016, 7:44 amcampaign finance, campaigns, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Release: The Pillar of Law Institute filed a lawsuit in Wyoming federal court today, challenging a law that prohibits delegates to political party conventions from accepting books, travel stipends, and legal assistance from non-profits. “For the upcoming Republican Convention,… Continue reading

“Book Review: Dark Money and Plutocrats United”

May 25, 2016, 1:40 pmcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

Bill Maurer reviews my book and Jane Mayer’s book for The Federalist Society: Nonetheless, Mayer’s Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Radical Right and Hasen’s Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of… Continue reading