Category Archives: campaign finance
“Small Donor Empowerment Depends on the Details”
Release:
The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI) is pleased to announce that the new issue of The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics (peer-reviewed) includes a major article by Michael J. Malbin and Michael Parrott, “Small Donor Empowerment… Continue reading
“Comeback for ‘legalized money laundering’ in party politics?”
CPI:
But a new Center for Public Integrity analysis of campaign finance data indicates Democrats and Republicans alike are now aggressively trafficking in a new — and perfectly legal — kind of soft money, enabled by a 2014 Supreme Court… Continue reading
“Trump’s fundraising prowess keeps Republican Party close”
AP:
Trump’s fundraising prowess is the engine of the Republican National Committee and a lifeline for every Republican planning to rely on the party for financial help during next year’s congressional races. Leaning heavily on Trump’s appeal among small donors,… Continue reading
Unanimous FEC Concludes Project Veritas Employee Likely Violated FEC Rules by Facilitating Foreign Contributions in Sting
Bloomberg BNA:
An undercover operative for a conservative group likely violated rules against foreign campaign contributions while seeking to show Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was willing to break those same rules, the Federal Election Commission concluded.
The FEC said… Continue reading
“The Geography of Campaign Finance Law”
David Fontana has posted this draft on SSRN (Southern California Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Constitutional law is committed to a principle of geographic self-government: congressional districts and states are separately located and entitled to select different officials to… Continue reading
“Watchdogs Say Cuomo Is Skirting Campaign Finance Rules”
NYT:
At the end of a video promoting Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s immigration policies, a disclaimer noted the advertisement’s funding source: an obscure anti-discrimination group called New Yorkers United Together.
The fledgling group, which has financed only the one online… Continue reading
More Bauer on Trump Campaign Potential Liability for Campaign Finance Violations
Here.
I think the severability point I raised last week is also important: that is, one can hold that the ban as applied to foreign principals (and particularly foreign governments) is constitutional even if the application to other foreign nationals… Continue reading
“5 Ways to Interfere in American Elections—Without Breaking the Law”
Uri Friedman for The Atlantic.
“Five sentenced to days in jail for Supreme Court disruption over campaign finance”
WaPo:
Five protesters who disrupted a session of the U.S. Supreme Court by shouting disapproval of its rulings on campaign finance law were sentenced to either one or two weekends in prison Monday after losing a bid to overturn a… Continue reading
Must-Read Journal of Law and Policy Symposium on Buckley at 40, Campaign Finance and Free Speech
It was a great conference and now what looks like a very promising law review issue:
Current Issue: Volume 25, Issue 1 (2016)
Articles
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Introduction; The Past, Present and Future of Free Speech
Joel M. Gora
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A … Continue reading
Re Don Jr.: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Punish Campaign Finance Cooperation with Foreign Governments More Severely Than Foreign Nationals
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy:
As I explain in a forthcoming law review article, Dark Money as a Political Sovereignty Problem, the federal sentencing guidelines already make a distinction between mere foreign nationals and members of foreign governments. The article states, “[t]he… Continue reading
“In Seattle, vouchers let voters steer city money to political campaigns. But some aren’t buying it”
“Behind the Price of Power: Q&A with former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL)”
Issue One:
To help inform Issue One’s landmark report, “The Price of Power,” we interviewed several members of our bipartisan ReFormers Caucus at-length about their experiences with fundraising and concerns with the “committee tax” imposed on lawmakers.
Every Tuesday and… Continue reading