Category Archives: campaign finance

“FEC Won’t Investigate Employer-Mandated Campaign Rally”

July 24, 2015, 5:34 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA breaking news via email:”The Federal Election Commission deadlocked on whether to investigate charges that Ohio mining company Murray Energy violated campaign finance rules by requiring employees and their families attend a 2012 rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt… Continue reading

“Where Candidates Stash Their Cash; Republican presidential candidates love to park their campaign money at a Virginia bank with one branch.”

July 24, 2015, 5:33 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“Republicans Are About To Gut Campaign Finance Rules Even Further”

July 23, 2015, 7:50 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo: Congressional Republicans are trying yet again to use the appropriations process to roll back campaign finance regulations. This time the target is the limit on coordinated spending between candidates and political parties — that is,… Continue reading

Special Prosecutor in WI John Doe Case Still Mulling #SCOTUS Review

July 23, 2015, 6:08 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

See here. And there’s this on the raids: Experts in law enforcement have said it is difficult to judge the accuracy of published statements about the raids because the prosecutors and police are under a John Doe secrecy order and… Continue reading

“D.N.C. Lifts Ban on Convention Fund-Raising”

July 23, 2015, 3:15 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Maggie Haberman for the NYT: The Democratic National Committee will lift its ban on donations from political action committees and lobbyists for it convention fund-raising and for the accounts it shares with presidential campaigns, highlighting the coming shift within the… Continue reading

Are Political 501c4s Holding Back on Attacking Hillary Clinton to Avoid Jeopardizing Their Status?

July 23, 2015, 2:36 pmcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Interesting Politico report.

“Chamber Spends Millions in Key Senate Races”

July 22, 2015, 8:06 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has spent almost $2 million this month on television ads supporting Republicans or opposing Democrats in four key Senate races across the country and announced July 21 that it is jumping into… Continue reading

“Reform Groups Urge Senators to Co-sponsor and Support Leahy Bill, the Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act”

July 22, 2015, 11:24 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Press release.

“Don’t replace state’s elections watchdog agency”

July 22, 2015, 11:23 amcampaign finance, election administrationRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial.

Two on Campaign Finance in Washington Times

July 22, 2015, 8:31 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Stephen Klein – Campaign Finance Reform Can’t Punish Free Speech Alan Morrison –It’s Buckley, Not Citizens United, That Created Massive Spending

“Scott Walker’s Wisconsin and the End of Campaign-Finance Law”

July 21, 2015, 9:21 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Lincoln Caplan writes for The New Yorker.

“The Only Realistic Way to Fix Campaign Finance”

July 21, 2015, 9:34 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Larry Lessig NYT oped: The solution proposed by some, notably Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Graham and Mr. Sanders, is amending the Constitution. It sounds appealing, but anyone who’s serious about reform should not buy it. For a presidential candidate, constitutional… Continue reading

Speech or Debate Clause, Citizens United, Weigh Heavily in Sen. Menendez Defense to Bribery

July 21, 2015, 8:47 ambribery, campaign finance, Speech or Debate ClauseRick Hasen

This should be interesting. Even if these claims ultimately fail (which they likely will), it will likely buy the Senator some significant time before potential incarceration.