Saul Levmore has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The United States does not allow foreigners to influence U.S. elections by giving money to political parties or candidates, but many other countries do allow cross-border influencing. Indeed,… Continue reading

Grady Yuthok Short of the Brennan Center analyzes.

WNYC “Open to Debate” podcast: In a high-stakes presidential election year, in partnership with the Newt and Jo Minow Debate Series at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Open to Debate is taking a look at more than a decade… Continue reading

Politico reports.

The following is a guest post from Andrew Albright: In Citizens United, as we all know, the Supreme Court held that independent expenditures (IEs) cannot be a source of quid pro quo corruption so long as the persons or entities publishing the IEs… Continue reading

This event in Chicago looks great.

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump was trailing President Biden in overall campaign cash on hand at the end of 2023, but he dominated fund-raising last year by at least one critical measure: his number of small donors. An analysis… Continue reading

The following is a guest post from Zoe Klingmann: Critics of campaign finance reform have often argued that contribution limits have unintended consequences: rather than reducing the influence of large donors, they simply lead to more independent expenditures, which are… Continue reading