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Category Archives: federal election commission
Is FEC Dysfunction New?
NYT reports on record low fines at the FEC.
For those who responded to Eric Lichtblau’s earlier report by saying that the FEC was always gridlocked and dysfunctional, it’s just not true. It never had great enforcement powers, but there… Continue reading
“Paralysis At The Federal Election Commission And What Can Be Done About It”
Bauer on Ravel and FEC Dysfunction
“F.E.C. Can’t Curb 2016 Election Abuse, Commission Chief Says”
Front page NYT Eric Lichtblau:
The leader of the Federal Election Commission, the agency charged with regulating the way political money is raised and spent, says she has largely given up hope of reining in abuses in the 2016… Continue reading
“Roles of Presidential Super PACs Expanding”
WSJ:
The 2016 election cycle is seeing an expansion not just of super PAC fundraising but of the PACs’ responsibilities. The main reason: Super PACs can accept donations of unlimited size, while donations to candidate campaigns, such as Carly… Continue reading
The Great Bagel Compromise of 2015 at the FEC
Oy. The Commissioners can’t even agree on what to serve to celebrate (?) the FEC’s 40th anniversary.
“Partisan Balance Requirements in the Age of New Formalism”
Ron Krotoszynski, Jonjerica Hodge, and Wesley Wintermyer have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Notre Dame Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This Article considers the constitutional status of mandatory partisan balance requirements for presidential appointments to independent federal agencies.… Continue reading
“In Accepting Bitcoin, Rand Paul Raises Money and Questions”
Eric Lichtblau reports for the NYT.
“Delaying your candidacy doesn’t mean you can avoid campaign finance rules”
“Candidates Who Mock the Law”
“Broken FEC is making a mockery of campaign finance laws”
Craig Holman has written this Sacramento Bee oped.
“Campaign Finance Complaints Filed Against 4 Presidential Hopefuls”
“US campaign-finance watchdog files complaints against four politicians”
Ben Jacobs reports for The Guardian.