Category Archives: campaign finance
6th Circuit Rejects, in Part, Challenge to Law Making It Harder for Unions to Collect Money for Political Purposes through Check-Offs
Michigan AFL-CIO v. Schuette, with opinion by Judge Sutton.
My favorite line: “As the unions read this language, it explains why there was no First Amendment burden in Ysursa, Pizza, or Bailey, where the government was a regulator and… Continue reading
“How the Skewed Demographics of the Donor Class Pull Our Politics to the Right”
McElwee, Rhodes, and Schaffner in Slate:
The prospect of big donors warping the political system loomed large in the 2016 election. On the left, Bernie Sanders warned of an “oligarchic society” in which big donors dictated the political agenda. On… Continue reading
“Public Support for Campaign Finance Reform: The Role of Policy Narratives, Cultural Predispositions, and Political Knowledge in Collective Policy Preference Formation*”
Paul Jorgensen, Geeboo Song and Michael Jones with new article in Social Science Quarterly.
“How CREW Chair Norm Eisen Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nordstrom Corporation”
“Citizens United Lawyer Targets Texas Campaign Finance Laws”
“Corporate America should get on board with political accountability”
Bruce Freed and Charles Kolb oped in The Hill.
“Lobbyists, Corporate Clients Open Wallets for Trump”
Roll Call:
K Street has entered the Trump era.
Lobbyists and organizations that seek to influence Washington mostly neglected the presidential campaign of Donald Trump early last year, but by the end of 2016, the sector had begun to embrace… Continue reading
“Citizens United lawyer targets Texas campaign finance laws”
AP:
Houston tea party group King Street Patriots, started by Catherine Engelbrecht, has been the focus of a longstanding lawsuit by the Texas Democratic Party accusing the organization of violating state campaign finance laws by engaging in political behavior when… Continue reading
“Reform Groups Oppose Efforts by House Admin Committee to Terminate Presidential Public Financing & EAC”
Bauer on Church Speech
“Neil Gorsuch Understands Campaign Finance – And That’s The Problem”
“Trump wants to force you — the taxpayer — to pay for campaigning from the pulpit”
Ellen Aprill for WaPo:
At Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump renewed his campaign pledge to repeal — in his words, “totally destroy” — the Johnson Amendment, a provision of our tax code that prohibits charitable entities, including… Continue reading
“Trump vows to ‘totally destroy’ restrictions on churches’ support of candidates”
WaPo:
President Trump vowed Thursday to “totally destroy” a law passed more than 60 years ago that bans tax-exempt churches from supporting political candidates, a nod to the religious right that helped sweep him into office.
Speaking at the National… Continue reading