Category Archives: campaign finance
“Editorial: A call for transparency — Eric Greitens still governing in the dark”
Editorial:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is collaborating in the creation of a bogus nonprofit “social welfare” organization clearly designed to provide unfiltered propaganda about his political agenda.
The nonprofit could collect unlimited anonymous contributions from donors seeking influence in the… Continue reading
“‘Deep FEC’ Goes After White House Counsel Don McGahn”
Interesting Brad Smith at NRO:
If career staffers at the FEC are now attempting to sabotage the work of the commissioners — who are, by law, entrusted with running the agency — that’s frightening. The establishment of a Twitter group… Continue reading
“The FEC and the Draining of Swamps”
“Campaign Finance FEC Won’t Appeal Ruling on Presidential Debates”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission won’t appeal a federal judge’s ruling that challenged the FEC rules for presidential debates.
The decision announced by the FEC March 8 means the FEC will have to respond to the ruling by Judge… Continue reading
“GOP commissioner: Trump poised to revamp election agency”
Illuminating video interview with FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman.
I earlier interviewed the commissioner for the ELB Podcast.
“Trump pleads for cash at closed donor retreat”
Politico:
President Donald Trump buttered up a room full of Republican donors Friday night by boasting of his upset 2016 election win and ticking through a list of his surprise swing state victories that even the party high rollers at… Continue reading
DC Circuit, Citing “My Cousin Vinny,” Holds @99Rise Campaign Finance Protesters at #SCOTUS Can Be Charged Under Law Barring “Harangues or Orations”
Tony Mauro for the NLJ:
A federal appeals panel on Friday upheld the law barring anyone from making “a harangue or oration” at the U.S. Supreme Court—the latest in a series of rulings protecting the high court from protesters inside… Continue reading
“What Boards Need To Know About Corporate Political Spending”
Interview with Bruce Freed.
“Trump courts donors with eye on 2020”
Politico on how the plutocrats are united:
Trump boasted that as president he wouldn’t be beholden to donors because he was wealthy himself and poured $66 million from his own fortune into his campaign, which didn’t get much support from… Continue reading
Bauer Sympathetic to J. Gorsuch’s Rethinking of Standard for Reviewing Contribution Limits
Bob is a lot more sympathetic to the project than I was in my recent CNN Opinion piece on Judge Gorsuch’s jurisprudence.
“The FEC’s Open Hostilities, Dysfunction, and Intimidation Foreshadowed the Trump Era”
Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP.
“FEC Complaint: Trump Filed False Campaign Report in Violation of Election Law”
Release:
The Campaign Legal Center and Common Cause filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging Donald Trump’s campaign committee violated federal election law by illegally accepting campaign contributions after Election Day and falsely reporting those contributions for “debt… Continue reading
Stetson Symposium: Can Corporations Be Good Citizens? How Corporate Law, Litigation, Lobbying and Money in Politics Intersect
The Stetson Law Review will be hosting a symposium on the intersection of election law and corporate law on Friday, March 24, 2017.
Great line-up and live webcast!