[updated and bumped to the top.] AP: Dean Corren, an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor, sued the state in Vermont’s federal district court for violating his First Amendment rights, alleging that a restriction on fundraising for publicly-financed candidates is… Continue reading

Heath Brown Allegra Chapman David Schultz  

Jeffrey Toobin: Sheldon Whitehouse is a politician with a great name, a bad haircut, and a pissed-off attitude. The second-term Democratic junior senator from Rhode Island has built his career around two seemingly unrelated issues—climate change and money in politics—and… Continue reading

Bloomberg BNA: A constitutional challenge to per-election limits on campaign contributions faced skeptical questioning from nearly all the judges of the federal appeals court in Washington during a March 29 hearing. Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of… Continue reading

Sherlock Bauer’s latest.

Oh my.   From Judge Posner’s keynote at a Stigler Center conferece: On the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, Posner said: “If you become a member of Congress, you’ll get a card from the head for your party that you… Continue reading

Noah Lindell for the CLC Blog: On Wednesday, the full panel of judges at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in Holmes v. FEC. This is a seemingly minor case that could have major implications… Continue reading

Release: The Pillar of Law Institute won summary judgment today in the case Ball v. Madigan, striking down an Illinois state law that prohibits medical marijuana cultivation centers and dispensaries from making campaign contributions. Judge John Z. Lee of the… Continue reading