Category Archives: campaign finance
“FEC Might Act on Russia-Linked Facebook Political Ads: Official”
Bloomberg BNA:
The revelation that Russian sources financed political ads on Facebook in the 2016 presidential campaign could prompt enforcement action by the Federal Election Commission, agency Vice Chairwoman Caroline Hunter said.
“It’s something we can and should deal with… Continue reading
“Did Facebook ads traced to a Russian company violate U.S. election law?”
Matea Gold for WaPo.
Trump Jr. Appears to Acknowledge He Knew Meeting with Russians to Get “Dirt” on Clinton Raised Legal Questions
NYT:
Donald Trump Jr. told Senate investigators on Thursday that he set up a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer because he was intrigued that she might have damaging information about Hillary Clinton, saying it was important to learn… Continue reading
“NYC Campaign Program Boosts Importance of Small Donors”
“Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election”
WaPo:
Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters, according to several people familiar with the company’s findings.
Facebook officials… Continue reading
“Liberty, Equality, Bribery, and Self-Government: Reframing the Campaign Finance Debate”
Deborah Hellman has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Democracy by the People: Reforming Campaign Finance in America (Kuhner & Mazo eds., Cambridge UP, 2018). Here is the abstract:
Campaign finance law is often framed as a tension between liberty… Continue reading
Kid Rock to Common Cause: “Go F___ Yourselves”
Billboard:
Watchdog group Common Cause has filed a complaint against Kid Rock‘s future Senate run with the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice.
In the complaint, the group urges attorney general Jeff Sessions and deputy attorney general Rod… Continue reading
Three on Campaign Finance from the Center for Public Integrity
1.) Democrats say ‘Citizens United’ should die. Here’s why that won’t happen. — By Sarah Kleiner
2.) Statehouses, not Congress, hosting biggest political money fights — By Ashley Balcerzak
3.) Campaign regulation foes targeting state-level restrictions — By Ashley Balcerzak
“Former Walker Aide, Target in John Doe Probe, Loses Seventh Circuit Appeal”
WisBar News:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that Cynthia Archer, a former aide to Gov. Scott Walker, cannot pursue claims against six Milwaukee prosecutors and investigators who targeted her in a John Doe probe.… Continue reading
“Dark money, super PAC spending surges ahead of 2018 midterms”
Open Secrets:
Outside groups, such as super PACs and their more secretive brethren politically active nonprofits, spent more money during the first eight months of the 2018 election cycle than over the same period in any previous cycle.
Outside groups … Continue reading
“California Superior Court Says the Legislature in 2016 Violated the State Constitution when it Passed a Bill Authorizing Public Funding”
“Courting Corruption”
Stephen Weissman for The American Interest:
In January 2010, the nation’s highest court issued its opinion in the Citizens United campaign finance case, its most controversial ruling in this century. Yet despite the widespread criticism it has provoked, the full… Continue reading
“New disclosure of hidden California campaign donors faces a do-or-die moment”
John Myers for the LAT.