George Will Goes Off the Deep End
His latest WaPo column calls for the IRS director to be impeached.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“In First TV Ad, Lawrence Lessig Asks Who ‘Owns’ Marco Rubio”
“Experts: John Kasich political ads chart new territory”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today:
Most election lawyers say Federal Election Commission rules banning coordination between candidates and outside groups apply narrowly to paid advertising. Coordinating with outside groups on ads before a candidate formally announces is the latest example… Continue reading
“Assembly Republicans want to split GAB into two agencies”
An intentional recipe for deadlock in one of our most bitterly partisan state governments.
“Calif. Justices Wade Into ‘Citizens United’ Scuffle”
The Recorder reports on yesterday’s oral argument.
“How a team of Obama veterans helped Bernie Sanders pull in a record number of donations”
“Is pro-Bush super PAC obscuring spending?”
CPI:
Super PACs are supposed to be both transparent and independent from the politicians they are supporting.
But it’s not clear that Right to Rise USA, the super PAC formed by Republican Jeb Bush prior to his presidential… Continue reading
“San Jose council makes sweeping changes to election law”
“BREAKING, READ: Hillary’s SNL Appearance Might Trigger ‘Equal Time’ Demands; NBC Advises Affiliates To Play It Safe”
“State high court set to hear arguments on Citizens United advisory measure”
LAT:
California legislators decided last year to ask voters whether they supported overturning a landmark ruling that allowed unlimited corporate spending to support or denounce federal candidates.
A conservative taxpayers group balked, arguing that state legislators lack the power… Continue reading
“Super PACs stretch the rules that prohibit coordination with presidential campaigns”
LAT:
One Democratic commissioner at the FEC said that she is “very concerned” about the growing influence of super PACs and frustrated about the inability of her agency to do anything about it.
“These super PACS are more and… Continue reading
“How Chief Justice Roberts and Four Supreme Court Colleagues Gave the Nation a System of Legalized Bribery”
Fred Wertheimer oped.
One of my goals in writing Plutocrats United is to banish the term “legalized bribery” from the reformers’ lexicon.
“In Menendez case, Citizens United also on trial”
Philly.com:
The corruption case against New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez has become a battleground over the controversial Supreme Court decision that allowed the flood of campaign money that is reshaping elections.
I remain skeptical of the tension between the… Continue reading