Category Archives: campaign finance
“Flush with mystery money, Kentucky nonprofit haunts Grimes’ Senate bid”
“Lobbyists, Bearing Gifts, Pursue Attorneys General”
Must-read A1 Eric Lipton for the NYT:
Attorneys general are now the object of aggressive pursuit by lobbyists and lawyers who use campaign contributions, personal appeals at lavish corporate-sponsored conferences and other means to push them to drop investigations, change… Continue reading
“George Will’s Hit Piece on Wisconsin Undermined by Factual Inaccuracy and Non-Disclosure”
Jay Heck blogs at Common Cause in Wisconsin.
“Court to decide quickly on campaign law challenge”
AP: “A group whose tax-exempt status allows it to keep its donors and spending secret is asking a federal appeals court to block several Montana laws regulating campaign contributions and expenditures before next Tuesday’s elections.”
“Shakeup at Organizing for Action”
Politico: “Organizing for Action is getting the jump on a post-midterms shake-up, with staff changes and the beginning of a reconstituting that will begin President Barack Obama’s shift toward thinking about his role after leaving office….OFA is winding down… Continue reading
“Is Your Judge for Sale?”
Andy Kroll for Mother Jones.
Single Donor Contribute $1 Million to Influence CA SD-26 Race [Corrected]
“Midterms Prediction: Billionaires to Retain Control of Government”
“Club for Growth to Petition Supreme Court To Rule on Wisconsin Campaign Coordination”
Bloomberg BNA: “Following rejection of petition for an en banc review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Wisconsin Club for Growth will ask the Supreme Court to overturn an appellate panel decision reaffirming the… Continue reading
“Republicans Join Attacks on Big Money | Rules of the Game”
George Will on WI John Doe Probe
“McCutcheon Calls for a National Referendum on Campaign Finance (Literally)”
Andrew Tutt has posted this draft on SSRN (Columbia Law Review Sidebar). Here is the abstract:
In McCutcheon v. FEC, the Supreme Court tightened First Amendment limits on Congress’s authority to regulate campaign financing. McCutcheon ostensibly left in place the… Continue reading
“A Modest Election Finance Reform Proposal (That Might Actually Work)”
On the Media talks with Heather Gerken.