Category Archives: campaign finance

“Injunction upheld in campaign case; panel says Arkansas law likely unconstitutional”

January 28, 2020, 7:24 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

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”

January 27, 2020, 12:51 pmcampaign finance, lobbyingRick Hasen

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)”

January 24, 2020, 7:47 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

I spoke to June Grasso of Bloomberg about the case.

“Wall Street donor influence shows unprecedented growth 10 years after Citizens United”

January 23, 2020, 3:42 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Open Secrets reports.

“Big-money groups aligned with Senate GOP raised $68.3 million in 2019, an off-year record, officials say”

January 23, 2020, 8:28 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Taking Stock Of The Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision, 10 Years Later”

January 22, 2020, 11:37 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

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”

January 22, 2020, 11:24 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Brendan Fischer for Slate.

“Citizens United turns 10 today. Here’s what we’ve learned about dark money.”

January 22, 2020, 9:03 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Abby Wood for The Monkey Cage.

“Trump is attracting a new crop of big donors, including many who have never given before”

January 22, 2020, 7:59 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

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”

January 22, 2020, 7:53 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

New report from the National Institute on Money in Politics.

“CFI’s Guide to Money in Federal Elections, 1974-2018”

January 21, 2020, 2:11 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

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”

January 21, 2020, 9:12 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

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