Category Archives: campaign finance

“Book Review: Dark Money and Plutocrats United”

May 25, 2016, 1:40 pmcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

Bill Maurer reviews my book and Jane Mayer’s book for The Federalist Society: Nonetheless, Mayer’s Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Radical Right and Hasen’s Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of… Continue reading

“Inquiry Highlights Terry McAuliffe’s Ties to Chinese Company”

May 25, 2016, 8:53 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Four years ago, one of China’s largest agricultural importers sent representatives to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., hoping that meetings with elite party officials might yield business opportunities. The company, the Dandong Port Group, was particularly… Continue reading

“McAuliffe in ‘shock’ over FBI investigation of campaign money, personal finances”

May 25, 2016, 8:38 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Top GOP financiers coalescing around Trump-RNC fundraising effort”

May 25, 2016, 8:36 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Matea Gold for WaPo.

“Judge makes no decision on campaign contributions”

May 25, 2016, 8:19 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

AP: HELENA — A federal judge is considering a request by state attorneys to issue a stay on part of his ruling last week that invalidated campaign contribution limits approved by Montana voters in 1994.

“Bill to cloak U.S. ‘dark money’ seen as harmful to charity fraud fight”

May 25, 2016, 8:18 amcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Reuters reports.

“Trump Unveils Stable of Republican Donors”

May 25, 2016, 8:17 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“These States Are Stepping Up To Reform Money In Politics In 2016”

May 25, 2016, 8:10 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo.

“Taxpayer-funded campaigns have been a disaster in New York”

May 25, 2016, 8:08 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Paul Jossey oped in the NY Post.

“Shareholder Proposal Settlements and the Private Ordering of Public Elections”

May 24, 2016, 11:46 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Sarah Haan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Yale Law Journal). Here is the abstract: Reform of campaign finance disclosure has stalled in Congress and at various federal agencies, but it is steadily unfolding in a firm-by-firm program of… Continue reading

“Wall Street Lobbyists Decide Against Pushing Trump for Specifics — for Now”

May 24, 2016, 7:03 amcampaign finance, campaigns, lobbyingRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“Champion free speech by preventing IRS abuse: Column”

May 24, 2016, 7:00 amcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Brad Smith in USA Today.

“Judge Merrick Garland and the rise of super-PACs”

May 24, 2016, 6:58 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Steve Weissman in The Hill: As the White House pursues its public campaign to persuade the Senate to consider Garland’s nomination, it should ask him to explain to senators and the public why he joined the SpeechNow opinion and what… Continue reading

Judge Sri Srinivasan on 3-Judge Court Considering Major Soft Money Challenge

May 23, 2016, 8:22 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: A three-judge federal district court considering a challenge to rules restricting “soft money” contributions to political parties will hold a June 24 hearing to consider whether to go ahead with the case (Republican Party of La. v. … Continue reading