Category Archives: campaign finance
“The Academy, Campaign Finance, and Free Speech under Fire”
Brad Smith has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Journal of Law and Policy). Here is the abstract:
This short essay, part of a symposium on “Free Speech Under Fire” at Brooklyn Law School, argues that academic efforts to fit… Continue reading
“Republicans plan to ‘drain the swamp’ by gutting campaign finance laws”
“Social Media’s Globe-Shaking Power”
Must-read Farhad Manjoo NYT:
On Monday, both Google and Facebook altered their advertising policies to explicitly prohibit sites that traffic in fake news from making money off lies. That’s very likely a worthwhile fix, even if it comes too late.… Continue reading
“Spending By Outside Groups in Judicial Races Hits Record High, Secret Money Dominates”
“Was Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s Attack Dog, Paid Illegally?”
Daily Beast:
A campaign watchdog group filed a complaint with federal election officials that alleges Stephen Bannon—recently named one of Donald Trump’s top White House advisers—may have gotten paid illegally during Trump’s campaign by pro-Trump billionaires.
And now, a… Continue reading
“Soros bands with donors to resist Trump, ‘take back power'”
“Money and Politics in the Age of Trump”
“Campaign Finance Laws Poised for Rollback Under Trump”
Must-read Roll Call:
Von Spakovsky, who manages the Election Law Reform Initiative at the conservative Heritage Foundation, says he’s hopeful that McConnell and Trump, along with a Republican House, will greatly increase the limits on donations to party committees and… Continue reading
“The State of the Political Reform Program, Post-Election”
“The Resurgence of Campaign Finance Regulation, Trumped?”
“Where the money came from, not how much, mattered in the presidential race”
Open Secrets looks at Election 2016.
“The year when money won nobody nothing”
Teddy Schleifer for CNN:
Almost all players, Republican and Democrat, acknowledge that their dollars had a far more limited impact than they themselves had predicted at the campaign’s starting gun.
What has perplexed the nation’s political financiers, according to more… Continue reading
Super PAC Donor Literally Given a Seat at the Table for Trump’s Transition
Announcement from transition team that Rebekah Mercer is joining.
Now’s the time to go back and study Matea Gold’s must-read profile of Mercer.