“2020 Democrats are naming their fund-raising ‘bundlers’ amid a fight over big money in politics”
The Philadelphia Inquirer digs into presidential primary bundler disclosure.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“The Supreme Court Is Killing Contribution Limits Softly; A Few Years from Now They Likely Will Be Dead.”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy offers a cheery take on the Thompson v. Hebdon contribution limits case out of Alaska, in the Harvard Law Review blog.
“Warren vs. Buttigieg: Why they were fighting about campaign finance and a wine cave at the debate”
“The Role of Campaign Finance Laws in the Ukraine Scandal”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at the Brennan Center.
“The Decade of Citizens United”
I have written this piece for Slate, part of their coverage of the end of the decade. It begins:
In 2010, the largest reported individual contributors to federal campaigns in American politics were Robert and Doylene Perry, owners of Perry… Continue reading
Institute for Free Speech Asks Supreme Court to Take Case About Shielding Donor Information from California Attorney General’s Office
You can find the cert. petition here.
“19 Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2019”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy list.
“Rep. Lori Trahan’s campaign finances will be investigated further by House Ethics Committee”
Boston Globe:
The House Ethics Committee said Tuesday it is conducting a further probe of Representative Lori Trahan after investigators found “substantial reason to believe” she violated campaign finance laws in her upset election victory in 2018.
Investigators with the… Continue reading
“Right-Wing PAC Loses Challenge to Illinois Campaign-Finance Ban”
Courthouse News Service:
The Seventh Circuit on Monday rejected a conservative PAC’s challenge to an Illinois law banning direct campaign contributions by independent expenditure committees, citing the need to curb corruption.The Illinois Liberty PAC is an independent expenditure committee founded… Continue reading
New Cert. Petition Challenges Montana’s Rules for Regulating Political Committees That Avoid Express Advocacy
Read the cert. petition in National Association for Gun Rights v. Mangan.
“When Madison Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue Merge: A Review of “Political Brands'”
Eric Segall:
f you are worried about the state of our political system in the age of Facebook advertising, Russian interference in our elections, dark money in politics, and President Trump’s Twitter account, among many other disturbing trends, Professor Ciara… Continue reading
“A Great Big Gift Not on Trump’s Disclosure Form: Giuliani’s Legal Advice”
NYT:
For the past 20 months, President Trump has received free personal legal services from one of America’s highest-paid lawyers, who has traveled around the country and across the ocean to defend him in the special counsel’s inquiry and press… Continue reading
“New Report Finds $39.7 Million Spent on Campaigns for State Supreme Court Judgeships in 2017-2018, $10.8 Million of it by Special Interest Groups”
Brennan Center release.
“‘Dark money’ ties raise questions for GOP Sen. Ernst of Iowa”
AP:
An outside group founded by top political aides to Sen. Joni Ernst has worked closely with the Iowa Republican to raise money and boost her reelection prospects, a degree of overlap that potentially violates the law, documents obtained by… Continue reading