Category Archives: campaign finance
“Outside spending breaks $400 million mark, far outpacing 2012”
From the indispensable Open Secrets:
Outside groups have now spent more than $400 million to influence elections this cycle, data collected from the Federal Election Commission show, a figure that dwarfs the amount spent by this point in the 2012… Continue reading
“House approves Koch-backed bill to shield donors’ names”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today:
The House approved a bill Tuesday that would bar the IRS from collecting the names of donors to tax-exempt groups, prompting warnings from campaign-finance watchdogs that it could lead to foreign interests illegally infiltrating American… Continue reading
“Convicted Ponzi schemer: I’ll conduct $50 million marketing campaign for Trump”
“Corporate Citizen? An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy at the ACS Blog:
Corporations are strange bedfellows to have in a democracy. My new book, Corporate Citizen?, explores how, over the course of American history, corporations have aggressively sought to expand their constitutional rights. And,… Continue reading
“This would be a nice first step on campaign finance reform”
WaPo editorial:
THEY SAY time is money, and the adage rings especially true for members of Congress: Many of them — according to Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) — spend almost as much of the workweek fundraising as they do debating… Continue reading
“A Natural Right with Naturally Unequal Consequences”
John McGinnis:
I am in strong agreement with the Derek Muller’s opposition to Progressive ideas to reform laws relating to campaign speech. He is particularly eloquent on why the Framers believed that limiting government was the best route to… Continue reading
“Reform Groups Urge Representatives to Oppose Bill That Would Open Loophole for Foreign Money”
“Election Speech and Collateral Censorship at the Slightest Whiff of Legal Trouble”
Samuel Sadeghi has posted this student comment in the UCLA Law Review. Here is the abstract:
Collateral censorship occurs when an intermediary refuses to carry a speaker’s message for fear of legal liability. Election speech intermediaries are prone to engage… Continue reading
Gerald Nichol Benediction for the Wisconsin GAB
Distributed at the GAB’s final meeting, by GAB Board Member Gerald Nichol.
Could Republican Donor Strike Lead Trump to Take Public Financing?
I doubt it, but here’s Politico:
Still, many are struggling to see a clear path forward. Zwick noted that Trump is far behind where Romney was in the donor chase at this point four years ago. One option, he said,… Continue reading
“Again Before the Supreme Court: Can There Be ‘Issues Speech’ During Campaigns?”
Bauer:
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to take up a major case about disclosure and this has received little attention—far less than it should. At issue is the clarification of how far government authority extends in requiring… Continue reading
“CREW Sues FEC Over Murray Energy Indecision”
Release:
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued the Federal Election Commission (FEC) today for failing to enforce its own regulations by refusing to investigate a 2012 CREW complaint against Murray Energy and its CEO Robert Murray… Continue reading
“Trump doesn’t have a national campaign. So the GOP is trying to run one for him.”
Matea Gold for WaPo:
Trump’s failure to build a truly national campaign has left it to the GOP to run one on his behalf, while also trying to extinguish the regular political brush fires set off by the unpredictable candidate.… Continue reading