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Category Archives: campaign finance
“Supreme Court Affirms Ban on ‘Soft Money’ in Campaigns”
Kate Ackley for Roll Call:
Sarbanes and outside advocates of new restrictions on political money said they were dismayed that Gorsuch, along with conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, went out of his way to say he wanted the court to hear… Continue reading
“FEC member urges escalated Trump-Russia inquiry”
Ken Vogel for Politico:
Weintraub’s interest was piqued by an article published last week by TIME magazine that revealed intelligence officials had evidence that Russian agents bought Facebook ads to disseminate election-themed stories. It also indicated that congressional investigators were… Continue reading
Bauer on the Supreme Court’s Summary Affirmance in the McCain-Feingold Soft Money Case
Bob:
The Wild West in campaign finance, with the regulatory process in disarray, has caused all manner of distress among critics of the role of money in politics. But they could be comforted, finding some measure of compensation in a… Continue reading
Breaking: #SCOTUS Declines Soft Money Case; Thomas and Gorsuch Would Vote to Hear
Today’s order list contains this summary disposition:
16-865 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LA, ET AL. V. FEC The judgment is affirmed. Justice Thomas and Justice Gorsuch would note probable jurisdiction and set the case for oral argument.
This is a surprise… Continue reading
Supreme Court Could Announce Monday Whether It is Taking Up McCain-Feingold Soft Money Case
It was listed for last Thursday’s conference. I suspect that it will be at least one more conference before we get an announcement.
As noted when the Trump Administration surprisingly supported the constitutionality of the soft money rules, I still… Continue reading
“It’s not over: The FEC is on the job with messy 2016 reporting by Trump campaign and JFCs”
Open Secrets:
Take the campaign’s September monthly report, covering Aug. 1-31, 2016. It has gone through four iterations. The first version, filed by the Sept. 20 deadline, was 25,625 pages long. But when it was amended for the first time… Continue reading
Russia Made Expenditures on Ads to Influence 2016 Presidential Election
TIME:
Congressional investigators are looking at how Russia helped stories like these spread to specific audiences. Counterintelligence officials, meanwhile, have picked up evidence that Russia tried to target particular influencers during the election season who they reasoned would help spread… Continue reading
Michael Malbin Reviews Mutch, La Raja and Schaffner, and Hasen Books on Campaign Finance after Citizens United
Thoughtful Michael Malbin book review essay in Tulsa Law Review‘s book review issue.
“Nearly Half of Recent Campaign Money From Undisclosed Sources”
Bloomberg BNA:
Undisclosed donors provided nearly half of the more than $20 million in outside campaign spending in three closely watched, current congressional election races, a Bloomberg BNA review of Federal Election Commission reports found.
Bloomberg BNA looked at FEC… Continue reading
“FSFP Releases Part II of Report On The SpeechNow Case and the Real World of Campaign Finance”
Post:
“Part II: Undermining Federal Limits on Contributions to Political Parties“, explores the top 100 donors to six official national party committees (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee,… Continue reading
24 Groups Oppose Judge Thapar’s Nomination to 6th Circuit Because of His Money in Politics Views
Release. [corrected spelling in my heading]
“New CCP Issue Brief: ‘Dark Money’ Drops to 2.9% of Campaign Spending in 2016”
Release:
The Center for Competitive Politics, America’s largest nonprofit defending First Amendment political free speech rights, released a new Issue Brief today analyzing the amount of so-called “dark money,” or election campaign spending by nonprofits that are not required to… Continue reading
Hillary Clinton Starts “Dark Money” Group, Gets Attacked by Campaign Legal Center
I suspect pressure like this will get Clinton to voluntarily disclose donors to her new 501c4.
But who knows these days?
Hypocrisy is a bipartisan problem.