“Citizens United at 10: The Consequences for Democracy and Potential Responses by Congress”
House Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing Thursday.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Bloomberg Fueled His Campaign With $200 Million From His Own Fortune”
NYT:
Michael R. Bloomberg put more than $200 million of his personal fortune into his presidential campaign by the end of December, with the overwhelming bulk of that sum going to a mammoth advertising campaign on television and online, according… Continue reading
“Injunction upheld in campaign case; panel says Arkansas law likely unconstitutional”
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (via How Appealing):
A panel of federal appellate judges agreed Monday that a campaign contribution blackout law that has been in place in Arkansas since 1996 is probably unconstitutional.
The panel upheld a preliminary injunction that… Continue reading
“Recording Shows That the Swamp Has Not Been Drained”
NYT:
Ot became such a central slogan of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 campaign that at rallies his supporters would chant the three words representing his pledge to take on big donors and special interests: “Drain the swamp.”But as President Trump… Continue reading
“The Impact of a Decade of Citizens United on Politics (Podcast)”
I spoke to June Grasso of Bloomberg about the case.
“Wall Street donor influence shows unprecedented growth 10 years after Citizens United”
“Big-money groups aligned with Senate GOP raised $68.3 million in 2019, an off-year record, officials say”
“Taking Stock Of The Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision, 10 Years Later”
Listen to NPR’s On Point:
It’s been 10 years since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Citizens United. We’ll look back at the last decade and take stock of the fallout.
Guests
Carrie Levine, senior reporter at the Center… Continue reading
“How Citizens United Led Directly to Trump’s Impeachment”
Brendan Fischer for Slate.
“Citizens United turns 10 today. Here’s what we’ve learned about dark money.”
Abby Wood for The Monkey Cage.
“Trump is attracting a new crop of big donors, including many who have never given before”
WaPo:
Trump’s vaunted political money machine is helping drive record sums to the Republican National Committee, and not just from the same donors who supported him in 2016. Enticed by exclusive gatherings and ecstatic about the president’s tax cuts, an… Continue reading
“10 years after Citizens United: State races transformed by explosive growth in independent spending”
New report from the National Institute on Money in Politics.
“CFI’s Guide to Money in Federal Elections, 1974-2018”
Release via email about what will be a very useful compilation:
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. That decision, together with its offspring, were the major catalysts for… Continue reading
“The Decade of Citizens United”
Reupping this Slate piece of mine that ran in December, on what the opinion has meant in the last decade:
In 2010, the largest reported individual contributors to federal campaigns in American politics were Robert and Doylene Perry, owners of… Continue reading