Category Archives: campaign finance

“Two Charged in Campaign Finance Case; De Blasio Aide Backs Out of Speaking With Special Prosecutor”

November 17, 2014, 7:21 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: Since 2012, Mr. Adler has been investigating the Working Families Party’s relationship with Data & Field Services, a corporation formed by the left-leaning party to provide its candidates with get-out-the-vote staffing and expertise. Investigators are looking at whether… Continue reading

“Fifth Circuit Reverses Lower Court and Restores Mississippi Disclosure Requirements”

November 14, 2014, 1:35 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Release: “Today, in Justice v. Hosemann, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a trial court ruling that had struck down several Mississippi disclosure requirements as applied to certain individuals and groups engaged in ballot… Continue reading

“Governing and Deciding Who Governs”

November 13, 2014, 8:14 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Josh Chafetz has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, University of Chicago Legal Forum). Here is the abstract: In McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, Chief Justice Roberts wrote that, “Campaign finance restrictions that pursue other objectives [than eradicating quid pro… Continue reading

“Liberal Donors Looking 6 Years Ahead”

November 13, 2014, 5:26 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Nick Confessore in the NYT on the Democracy Alliance meeting.

“Outside Spending Didn’t Buy The Election”

November 13, 2014, 3:47 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Sabato’s Crystal Ball: 6. Outside groups didn’t buy the election Crystal Ball Senior Columnist Alan Abramowitz ran a regression analysis to see what effect outside spending had on the Senate races. The correlation between the Democratic and Republican outside… Continue reading

“Most Americans Support Giving Congress More Power To Limit Campaign Spending”

November 13, 2014, 1:22 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

HuffPo: “Most Americans say they think the billions of dollars spent on campaigns affected the outcomes of the 2014 elections, and they support changing the Constitution to allow for more limits on spending, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll.”

“John Doe lawsuit could be headed to U.S. Supreme Court”

November 13, 2014, 7:31 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Wisconsin Reporter says cert. petition due by Jan. 21.

“Hillary Clinton left out by liberal donor club”

November 13, 2014, 7:30 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Ken Vogel reports for Politico.

“Campaign Finance Deadlock, Part II: Campaign Finance Reform as Reform of the Electoral Process”

November 13, 2014, 7:24 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bauer blogs.

Tenth Circuit Orders Its Citizens United v. Gessler Disclosure Opinion Published

November 12, 2014, 3:30 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

I earlier asked why this was not a published opinion.

“Remember Who Held Election’s Purse Strings As Congress Sets 2015 Agenda”

November 12, 2014, 8:22 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

HuffPo: Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.), the leading House proponent of campaign finance reform, thinks much of this coverage missed the mark. While the Election Day results matter, they are only a means to the real end — the legislation and… Continue reading