Category Archives: campaign finance

“D.C. lobbyist drops first Trump general election fundraiser after ‘bullying’ from Trump attorney”

May 31, 2016, 3:21 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Interesting press release: Burkman says he invited Trump to the fundraiser that was set for June 1 at his Arlington, Virginia home. He invited fellow lobbyists and government contractors. The shindig, which received widespread national coverage and interest from… Continue reading

“EXCLUSIVE: De Blasio doled out city appointments from shady spreadsheet of big campaign donors”

May 31, 2016, 11:41 amcampaign finance, lobbyingRick Hasen

NYDN: When Mayor de Blasio began handing out prestigious appointments to obscure boards and committees in his first months in City Hall, he turned to a system of cash for cachet. His team assembled an elite spreadsheet of major… Continue reading

“Jerry Brown should veto California’s misleading ‘Citizen’s United’ referendum”

May 31, 2016, 7:35 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

LAT editorial.

“In California, varied election filing practices reveal a system struggling to catch up”

May 31, 2016, 7:25 amcampaign finance, election administrationRick Hasen

LAT: More than half of California’s counties — most of them small and rural — don’t provide online access to campaign finance records, and they say they aren’t likely to change any time soon, an assessment of county-level contribution records… Continue reading

“One of the All-Time Great Cases in Supreme Court History”

May 31, 2016, 7:13 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Mitch McConnell on Citizens United.

“‘Friends and family’ super PACs play big in some House races”

May 31, 2016, 6:57 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

USA Today: A USA TODAY analysis of newly filed reports found 182 super PACs with three or fewer donors during the 2016 election cycle. In all, they have collected $71.6 million or nearly 10% of the $766 million raised … Continue reading

“Liberals Versus Political Speech; The Left wants to put people behind bars for expressing opinions that it doesn’t like.”

May 31, 2016, 6:54 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

John McGinnis in City Journal.

“Big, outside money expected in Montana Supreme Court race”

May 31, 2016, 6:54 amcampaign finance, judicial electionsRick Hasen

MTN News reports.

“Citizens Coerced: A Legislative Fix for Workplace Political Intimidation Post-Citizens United”

May 30, 2016, 5:56 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Paul Secunda write for UCLA Law Review Discourse.

“Television Networks Struggle to Provide Equal Airtime in the Era of Trump”

May 30, 2016, 5:53 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Last week, none of the three major cable news networks — CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC — carried Mrs. Clinton’s speech to a workers’ union in Las Vegas, where she debuted sharp new attack lines against Mr. Trump.… Continue reading

“Today’s Dose of Liberal Heresy: Campaign Finance Reform Isn’t That Big a Deal”

May 30, 2016, 5:45 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Kevin Drum for Mother Jones. I address similar arguments by Jonathan Bernstein and Ezra Klein in chapter 8 of Plutocrats United.

“‘You’re mistaken. I don’t have a commercial’: Record special interest funds present an ‘awkward’ situation for state candidates”

May 30, 2016, 11:48 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

LAT: Independent expenditures already have cracked $24 million in the run-up to the June 7 primary, with millions more likely to come in over the next week. The spending has set a record and is a hefty increase from $16.7… Continue reading

“Trump camp concedes it’s low on money”

May 28, 2016, 9:20 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Washington Examiner: The notice came when Paul Manafort, Trump’s senior advisor, met with a group of Senate Republican chiefs of staff for lunch last week, sources familiar with the meeting told the Washington Examiner. The admission suggests that Trump will… Continue reading

New CA Anti-Citizens United Ballot Measure Slightly Differernt

May 28, 2016, 3:04 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

As we await word from Gov. Brown as to whether he will sign to put this on the ballot, there’s a slight difference in language this time around: Now the question to the voters reads, “Shall California’s elected officials… Continue reading