Category Archives: campaign finance

“Judge challenges attorneys as campaign finance trial wraps up”

May 4, 2016, 6:58 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Alaska Dispatch News: A weeklong trial in a lawsuit challenging the state’s campaign contribution limits came to a close Tuesday, with U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess asking probing questions of attorneys defending the state’s limits on nonresident contributions and… Continue reading

“Donald Trump Won’t Self-Fund General-Election Campaign”

May 4, 2016, 6:40 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WSJ: Donald Trump won’t self-fund his general-election campaign, and will instead create a “world-class finance organization,” the presumptive Republican nominee said in an interview on Wednesday. For a campaign expected to cost more than $1 billion, “I’ll be putting up… Continue reading

Trump May Welcome Super PAC Money

May 4, 2016, 10:04 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Greg Sargent: TRUMP FACES BIG DECISION ON SUPER PACs: On Morning Joe today, Trump was asked whether he would “welcome the support of Super PACs in the general election.” He replied: “I’m going to be making a decision over… Continue reading

“Montana defends campaign finance law ahead of elections”

May 3, 2016, 9:02 pmcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

AP: Montana attorneys on Tuesday defended the state’s new campaign finance disclosure law against a gun-rights organization that wants parts of it struck down before next month’s primary elections. The Virginia-based National Association for Gun Rights claims the law… Continue reading

“Cruz’s faltering campaign shows the risks of depending on a few wealthy donors”

May 3, 2016, 8:35 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

LAT: Ted Cruz, in his outsider’s bid for the White House, has depended heavily on the largesse of just three wealthy donors to establish credibility and stay afloat amid a chaotic nominating process that killed off most of his rivals.… Continue reading

“Did the Supreme Court Make the Right Decision in the Citizens United Case After All?”

May 3, 2016, 8:32 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Michael Kinsley for Vanity Fair.

“2016 Clinton fundraising leaves little for state parties”

May 2, 2016, 11:25 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: But it is perhaps more notable that the arrangement has prompted concerns among some participating state party officials and their allies. They grumble privately that Clinton is merely using them to subsidize her own operation, while her allies… Continue reading

“Trump Said to Lack Plan for Fundraising, Running-Mate Vetting”

May 2, 2016, 7:57 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“Amicus: This Is Not Corruption”

May 1, 2016, 6:09 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Dahlia Lithwick talks to Nancy Gertner on the McDonnell case.

“Prosecutors Ask U.S. Supreme Court To Allow Investigation Of Walker To Continue”

May 1, 2016, 3:01 pmcampaign finance, chicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

“It’s time to move ahead with the SEC nomination process”

May 1, 2016, 2:31 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo editorial: UNQUESTIONABLY, THERE’S a lot of money in politics. Also unquestionably, much of it flows through corporations without the full disclosure that the Supreme Court assumed would occur when it liberated corporate (and union) donations in its Citizens United… Continue reading

“U.S. Supreme Court John Doe petition lays out legal questions in Scott Walker campaign finance coordination, judicial recusal”

April 29, 2016, 3:57 pmcampaign finance, chicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

The Capital Times reports.

WI John Doe Cert. Petition Raises Substantial Questions, But #SCOTUS May Not Bite

April 29, 2016, 8:08 amcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial elections, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have posted a copy of the redacted petition for cert. in the John Doe Wisconsin case. Never before have I seen a cert. petition with even parts of the questions presented redacted. The redactions make it difficult to… Continue reading