Category Archives: campaign finance

“Presupposing Corruption: Access, Influence, and the Future of the Pay-to-Play Legal Framework”

April 12, 2015, 9:09 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Allison Davis has posted a draft of this student note (forthcoming William & Mary Business Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Political spending, in all of its various permutations, lies at the nexus between campaign finance law and… Continue reading

“Group Spells Out 5-Year Plan to Build Liberal ‘Infrastructure’”

April 12, 2015, 8:35 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT.

“Wealthy donors on left launch new plan to wrest back control in the states”

April 12, 2015, 6:29 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Another Matea Gold must-read.

“Hedge-Fund Magnate Robert Mercer Emerges as a Generous Backer of Cruz”

April 11, 2015, 9:04 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Fascinating NYT report.

Bainbridge: “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Night-Watchman State”

April 10, 2015, 4:15 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

New Steve Bainbridge in the Columbia Law Review Sidebar: In a recent article,[5] Strine and his coauthor Nicholas Walter argue that the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. FEC [6]decision poses a significant challenge for “conservative corporate… Continue reading

“Secret Money Group Tied to Marco Rubio Super PAC Has Been Researching Presidential Primary Voters”

April 10, 2015, 1:51 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

National Journal.

“Insane” Hillary Clinton Fundraising Push Coming?

April 10, 2015, 8:15 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Daily Beast. NYT: But even as Mrs. Clinton attempts to set aside her celebrity and offer herself as a fighter for ordinary voters, her finance team and the outside groups supporting her candidacy have started collecting checks in what is… Continue reading

“A Checkbox On Your Tax Return Helped Kill Public Campaign Funding”

April 10, 2015, 7:41 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

FiveThirtyEight reports.

“Super PACs move to forefront of 2016 campaigns”

April 10, 2015, 7:41 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today.

“Second Fiddles, in a Tribute to Buckley”

April 10, 2015, 7:38 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bauer blogs.

“New York Board of Elections Must Close LLC Loophole”

April 9, 2015, 2:43 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Release:”After Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State legislature failed to pass the most needed ethics and campaign finance reforms this spring, the Board of Elections must close a corporate loophole that allows wealthy donors to bypass campaign… Continue reading

“Why Did Ted Cruz Supporters Create Four Super PACs?”

April 9, 2015, 9:41 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

David Keating blogs.

“In Accepting Bitcoin, Rand Paul Raises Money and Questions”

April 9, 2015, 9:21 amcampaign finance, campaigns, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Eric Lichtblau reports for the NYT.

“New Report Examines Supreme Court’s ‘Citizens United Era'”

April 9, 2015, 8:56 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Release: “A new report released today by People For the American Way Foundation explores the extreme pro-corporate jurisprudence of the Supreme Court in recent years, identifying parallels to the Court’s infamous Lochner era a century ago. “The Supreme … Continue reading