Category Archives: campaign finance

“Corporate Democracy: How Corporations Justified Their Right to Speak in 1970s Boston”

August 28, 2018, 10:31 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

This is a fantastic paper from Niko Bowie on the runup to the Bellotti case. Really fascinating history I did not know: In the early 1970s, the executives of the First National Bank of Boston spent hundreds of thousands of… Continue reading

North Carolina: “‘Take this envelope, put money in here.’ GOP leader’s comments to donors get scrutiny”

August 28, 2018, 6:52 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

News & Observer: The chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party faces criticism for comments he made at a recent campaign fundraiser, where some say he misrepresented campaign finance laws and possibly forecast his intentions to break them. Robin Hayes,… Continue reading

“Most campaign contributions come from outside candidates’ districts”

August 28, 2018, 6:48 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Axios reports.

“McCain’s Impact On Campaign Finance”

August 26, 2018, 8:51 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Peter Overby for NPR.

“How online money is reshaping the Democratic Party”

August 24, 2018, 5:12 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

McClatchy reports.

“Trump, Cohen and campaign finance: Who’s right and what you need to know about elections, money”

August 24, 2018, 8:34 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today.

“Trump says Michael Cohen didn’t commit crimes. He’s wrong.”

August 24, 2018, 8:23 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Very nice explainer from Trevor Potter in WaPo.

“Did Trump break laws with hush-money payments? Here’s what legal experts are saying”

August 24, 2018, 8:22 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Good CBC roundup of opinion.

“Those payments to women were unseemly. That doesn’t mean they were illegal.”

August 24, 2018, 8:20 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Brad Smith writes for WaPo. See also this piece at Reason. I disagree with Brad, for reasons I’ve given most recently in this Slate piece from last week and my ELB Podcast with Bob Bauer.

Will David Pecker Implicate Trump?

August 23, 2018, 10:07 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Yesterday I suggested David Pecker might be next to take a plea deal, but it turns out he got something better: immunity. and it looks like he’s implicating the president (from the WSJ): David Pecker, the chief executive… Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Bob Bauer: Unpacking the Trump Campaign Finance Allegations, From Michael Cohen to Trump Tower

August 23, 2018, 9:58 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, ELB PodcastRick Hasen

Does Michael Cohen’s guilty plea to campaign finance violations implicate the President in criminal campaign finance activity? What about the defenses that the President has raised to these charges? Did Trump or the Trump campaign violate the prohibition on soliciting… Continue reading

“FACT CHECK: Trump’s Misguided Defense Of Cohen Payments”

August 23, 2018, 7:35 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Peter Overby for NPR.

“The Campaign Finance Case Against Donald Trump is a Strong One: Just Ask John Edwards’ Prosecutors”

August 23, 2018, 7:18 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Paul Ryan for Just Security.

“‘Dark money’ boosts Democratic super PAC that’s battling ‘corrupt campaign finance system’”

August 23, 2018, 7:16 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

CPI: BlackPAC — an upstart super PAC that’s raised millions to support Democrats — has received a new infusion of “dark money” to fuel its 2018 midterm election efforts, according to new federal filings. BlackPAC received $100,000 in July… Continue reading