Category Archives: campaign finance
“Tell the election success stories, too”
“Transparent Win for Political Disclosures”
Jeanne Cummings for Bloomberg View.
“Secret $1.5 million donation from Wisconsin billionaire uncovered in Scott Walker dark-money probe”
Michael Isikoff reports for Yahoo.
“Inside the Mayor’s Nonprofit That’s Not Really the Mayor’s Nonprofit”
“First Amendment, ‘Patron Saint’ of Protesters, Is Embraced by Corporations”
Fascinating Adam Liptak Siderbar column referencing a number of pieces of scholarship we’ve seen here over at ELB.
“Prosecutor alerts justices to secrecy violation in John Doe”
“The FEC Takes First Steps on a Disclosure Rulemaking”
“In lawsuit, ACLU says the First Amendment protects anonymous political speech”
KC Star:
The Missouri office of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to protect anonymous political speech in the state.
The group is representing “John Doe” — a businessman in Ferguson, Mo., who wants… Continue reading
“Aaron Schock’s downfall tells us we need to look at political spending as well as giving”
Interesting Mark Schmitt blog post.
“Will Campaign Finance Reformer Russ Feingold Embrace Super PACs In 2016?”
“Donors to Tax-Exempts Often Give Super-Sized Amounts”
Tax Notes, now out from behind paywall.
“Increased Campaign Contribution Limits in the FY2015 Omnibus Appropriations Law: Frequently Asked Questions”
“Leveling the Playing Field? The Role of Public Campaign Funding in Elections”
Tilman Klumpp, Hugo Mialon, and Michael Williams have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, American Law and Economics Review).
In a series of First Amendment cases, the U.S. Supreme Court established that government may regulate campaign finance, but not if… Continue reading