“Corporations Opposed To North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law Helped Elect Its Supporters”
Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Gifts and politics: Supreme Court hears sides in former Virginia governor’s case”
Bob Barnes on the McDonnell oral argument, happening now.
“Report on de Blasio Election Spending Is Full of Details and Holes”
Jim Dwyer for the NYT:
te Board of Elections, said the de Blasio team had committed “willful and flagrant” violations of the laws by using those committees. She sent it on to the Manhattan district attorney.
Her document is remarkably… Continue reading
“Lobbyists are People Too, and They Should Be Free to Contribute to California Legislative Races”
Brian Russ has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The question is straightforward: does California’s ban on campaign contributions from lobbyists violate the First Amendment? The answer is not straightforward. The purpose of this Comment is to… Continue reading
“Is Citizens United a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Bob McDonnell? The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide”
Brendan Fischer:
It is a common refrain that cases like Citizens United allow for “legalized bribery.”
But few argue that the U.S. Supreme Court has literally legalized pay–to-play politics; such descriptions are usually shorthand for the systemic ways that big… Continue reading
“The McDonnell Case: Corruption as ‘Ordinary Politics’”
Daniel Weiner for HuffPo:
The truth is that McDonnell’s case is not an easy one even for many committed advocates of political reform. One can wholeheartedly reject the suggestion that his actions were nothing more than “ordinary politics” entitled to… Continue reading
DC Circuit Panel, with Garland Recused, Queues Up New Campaign Finance Challenge for En Banc Review
Today Judges Randolph and Henderson, with Garland not participating, held that a trial court erred in refusing to certify for en banc DC Circuit review a challenge to federal election law’s limits on how much an individual may contribute “per… Continue reading
“Billionaire Environmentalist to Spend $25 Million to Turn Out Young Voters”
NYT:
The billionaire environmentalist Thomas F. Steyer and his political advocacy group, NextGen Climate, will spend at least $25 million on a get-out-the-vote campaign targeting young voters this year in seven mostly battleground states, the group announced on Monday.… Continue reading
“Two Years Later, McCutcheon Fuels Huge Checks to Politicians”
Ian Vandewalker at Moyers & Co.
“Dark Money Group Tells the Government it Won’t Spend on Elections While Bragging to Donors it Will ‘Win Senate Seats’ with ‘No Donor Disclosure'”
Brendan Fischer for CLC.
“Money Trouble; What does Bernie’s attitude toward campaign finance mean for Hillary?”
Amy Davidson for The New Yorker.
“Will Citizens United Save Bob McDonnell From Prison?”
Stephanie Mencimer for Mother Jones.
“CFI Announces Web Tool for Tracking Outside Spending in Congressional Primaries”
“Stop the Delay on IRS Political Activity Rules”
See this statement from the Bright Lines project.