Category Archives: campaign finance

Heath Brown Podcast with Zack Roth, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

August 10, 2016, 10:05 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

New Books Network: This week we feature two new books on the podcast, both about corporate power. First, Zachary Roth has written The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy (Crown, 2016). Roth is… Continue reading

“How the Internet could democratize campaign spending”

August 10, 2016, 8:12 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bob Biersack for WaPo: If the cost of communicating with voters really is dramatically lower via the Internet and can’t be overwhelmed by big spending, then restrictions there might be less critical. Meanwhile, as the focus shifts away from expensive… Continue reading

“Led by NRCC, Congressional Party Committees Stockpile Cash for General Election”

August 10, 2016, 7:20 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

New CFI release.

“Trump embraces fundraising, not transparency”

August 9, 2016, 8:43 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

The great Shane Goldmacher for Politico: As Donald Trump hustles to close the cash gap with Hillary Clinton, he is embarking on his most aggressive fundraising push yet — but his team is refusing to name the bundlers across the… Continue reading

“Could Florida, Of All Places, Be A Leader In Campaign Finance Reform?”

August 9, 2016, 8:36 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.

Americans Elect Sorta Rises from the Dead

August 8, 2016, 8:15 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Talk about Quixotic.

“Republicans Are Not Attacking Democracy; Not every battle over voting is an assault on democratic values.”

August 8, 2016, 7:42 amcampaign finance, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins: Has the Republican Party engaged in “a coordinated attack on democracy,” by restricting voting rules, opening the campaign-money spigot, blocking progressive local laws and consumer protections, engaging in partisan gerrymandering,… Continue reading

George Will on Trump, #SCOTUS, Kelo and Citizens United

August 8, 2016, 7:22 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

New column: The court has said that campaign-speech regulations can be justified to combat corruption or the appearance thereof. Trump says he has made innumerable contributions to members of both parties because, “When you give, they do whatever the… Continue reading

“Influence at the DNC: More than 60 superdelegates are registered lobbyists”

August 7, 2016, 7:31 pmcampaign finance, lobbyingRick Hasen

Sunlight reports.

“David Prosser calls John Doe appeal weak”

August 5, 2016, 9:44 amcampaign finance, chicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Wouldn’t have expected this while cert. petition pending: Newly retired Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser thinks an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over his role in derailing the John Doe investigation into campaign financing is weak.… Continue reading

“With Billionaires Backing Her, Hillary Clinton Must Confront How to Deploy Them”

August 4, 2016, 9:22 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

NYT: Now that Hillary Clinton has assembled a bipartisan cadre of billionaires to support her candidacy, how does she disperse the moneyed elite to help her in a campaign focused on income inequality?

Trump Gets 4 Pinocchios for Claiming Clinton Raised $60 Million from 20 People

August 4, 2016, 7:22 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo’s The Fact Checker.

“Fueled by Small Donations, Donald Trump Makes Up Major Financial Ground”

August 3, 2016, 4:18 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Donald J. Trump all but erased his enormous fund-raising deficit againstHillary Clinton in the span of just two months, according to figures released by his campaign on Tuesday, converting the passion of his core followers into a… Continue reading