Category Archives: campaign finance

Remember “American/Western Tradition Partnership” Involved in Montana Elections in Case that Went to SCOTUS? Looks Like the National Right to Work Committee Was Secretly Behind It, Violating Montana Campaign Finance Laws

campaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, Supreme Court
Montana Free Press: Thousands of newly uncovered documents and recently filed court records bolster already mounting evidence tying the anti-union National Right to Work Committee to the political activities of conservative nonprofit groups accused of improperly coordinating Republican legislative… Continue reading

Interesting Petition at Supreme Court Raises Question Whether Campaign Finance Report Must List Ultimate Recipient of Campaign Money (in This Case, an Iowa State Senator Secretly Paid to Switch Endorsement to Ron Paul)

campaign finance, Supreme Court
Cert. petition in Kesari v. U.S., awaiting a response from the SG’s office. This question of disclosing the ultimate recipient of campaign money could have relevance to the Trump hush money payments issue and other issues as well.

Brad Smith and Rick Hasen Join Podcast with Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen to Debate: “Cohen, Trump, and Campaign Finance Law”

campaign finance, campaigns, chicanery
This is the podcast you’ve been waiting for: President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to several crimes, including illegally making hush money payments to two women alleging affairs with then-candidate… Continue reading