Category Archives: campaign finance
SCOTUS Justice Testiness on Display in Campaign Finance Cases
Bauer on Ravel and FEC Dysfunction
“How Super PACs Will Strengthen Democracy in 2016”
Josh Kaushaar in the National Journal.
Torres-Spelliscy on Williams-Yulee
“IRS watchdog finds 6,400 missing Lois Lerner emails”
“Media Attorney Floyd Abrams Takes on WaPo’s Dana Milbank over Campaign Finance Column”
“Fact-checking John Boehner’s claim that Americans spend more on antacids than politics”
False, says PunditFact.
Christie Casualty of Plutocrat Primary
Telling line from NYT prebituary: “Mr. Christie’s campaign aides have declined to say how much money he has raised so far this year; unlike many of his rivals, he appears to lack a prominent wealthy donor prepared, at this point,… Continue reading
“F.E.C. Can’t Curb 2016 Election Abuse, Commission Chief Says”
Front page NYT Eric Lichtblau:
The leader of the Federal Election Commission, the agency charged with regulating the way political money is raised and spent, says she has largely given up hope of reining in abuses in the 2016… Continue reading
Unanimous 9th Circuit Panel Rejects CCP Challenge to CA Disclosure Laws
Center for Competitive Politics v Harris:
In order to solicit tax deductible contributions in California, a non-profit corporation or other organization must be registered with the state’s Registry of Charitable Trusts. Cal. Gov. Code § 12585. To maintain its… Continue reading
“Working Together for an Independent Expenditure: Candidate Assistance with Super PAC Fundraising”
Harvard Law Review student note.
“John Roberts Basically Thinks It’s OK When Politicians Just Do What Wealthy Donors Say”
Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo.
Hillary Clinton Apparently Following Jeb Bush Super PAC Outsourcing Model
WaPo:
The shake-up is being driven by concerns among Clinton advisers that the group needs to be led by a close ally who has been embedded in the former secretary of state’s political world and will be able to… Continue reading