Star Tribune:
The appropriations bill that the Senate and House must pass by Friday to avoid a government shutdown forbids the Securities and Exchange Commission from making publicly traded companies disclose their political spending to shareholders.
The language has been… Continue reading
Looking forward to seeing this (alas not at Sundance):
A century ago corrupt money scarred Montana’s democracy and landscape, but Montanans voted to prohibit corporate campaign contributions.
Today, after the Citizens United ruling, dark money floods elections nationwide, but Montanans… Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA:
FEC commissioners are feuding over when a nonprofit group spending to influence elections can be regulated as a political action committee.
Democratic Federal Election Commission member Ellen Weintraub said in a statement that a recent court decision mandates… Continue reading
WSJ reports:
Democrats want to win back control of Congress and build up their presence in state capitals during next year’s elections, but they begin this ambitious mission with precious little cash to finance it.
The Democratic National Committee had… Continue reading
NYT:
Following a federal push for more disclosure, and amid investigations into Russian meddling into American elections, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is proposing legislation to close legal loopholes in New York regarding political ads on the internet, with the goal… Continue reading
Federal district court judge Lynn Adelman has posted this draft (forthcoming Cleveland State Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Article discusses how Wisconsin fell from grace. Once a model good government state that pioneered many democracy-enhancing laws,… Continue reading
Troubling:
COVER LETTER TO THE STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER ELLEN L. WEINTRAUB IN MUR 6920 (AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION)
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Due to pending litigation, I must take the unprecedented step of releasing the attached statement with the identities of certain… Continue reading