Category Archives: campaign finance
“Koch brothers key to funding assault on campaign finance regulation”
CPI:
The Center for Public Integrity investigated an array of organizations that have participated in legal challenges dating back 40 years that have resulted in a system allowing unlimited sums to be pumped into modern elections. It’s a system that… Continue reading
“Trump, Twitter, and the Russians: The Growing Obsolescence of Federal Campaign Finance Law”
Tony Gaughan has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
Since the 1970s, federal campaign finance law has been built on four pillars. The first is contribution limits on donations to candidate… Continue reading
“Trump raised more dollars from small donations”
“Cuomo, a Master of the $50,000 Fund-Raiser, Bypasses Small Donors”
“McConnell Skeptical of Mandatory Disclosures for Facebook, Twitter Ads”
Roll Call:
“I’m a little skeptical of these disclosure-type proposals that are floating around, which strikes me would mostly penalize American citizens trying to use the internet and to advertise,” the Kentucky Republican said in an interview that aired Saturday….… Continue reading
Washington State Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Seattle Campaign Finance Voucher Program
“GOP Tax Bill Would Allow Politics from the Pulpit”
Kate Ackley for Roll Call:
The House Republican tax plan would upend a longstanding measure, known as the Johnson Amendment, that prohibits politicking from the pulpit, and critics say it could turn churches into new conduits for political money.
Under… Continue reading
McCutcheon Joint Fundraising Committees at Center of Controversial Donna Brazile Book Excerpt
Brazile in Politico:
On the phone Gary told me the DNC had needed a $2 million loan, which the campaign had arranged.
“No! That can’t be true!” I said. “The party cannot take out a loan without the unanimous agreement… Continue reading
“FEC Commissioner Says Agency Limited in Ability to Regulate Online Political Ads”
Morning Consult:
As executives from Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and Twitter Inc. face congressional committees this week over concerns that Russian agents used their platforms in order to influence the 2016 election, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission… Continue reading
“‘Not going to be a cakewalk’: Social media sites face hurdles curbing foreign political ads”
“Facebook, Twitter: Russian actors sought to undermine Trump after election”
Politico:
Top lawyers from Facebook and Twitter said Tuesday that Russian-linked posts and advertisements placed on the social networks after Election Day sought to sow doubt about President Donald Trump’s victory.
Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch told a Senate Judiciary… Continue reading
“Flagging Online Falsehoods”
Ned Foley:
The problem with Russia’s use of online platforms was not its foreignness, but its falsity. To be sure, foreigners—individuals and corporations as well as governments—may be barred from engaging in express advocacy for or against the election of… Continue reading