Here’s the RNC Lawsuit to Get Soft Money Back and Reverse What’s Left of McCain-Feingold
AP reports.
The Supreme Court’s decision in McCutcheon paved the way.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
Bauer on SCOTUS, Campaign Finance, George Will, and Norm Ornstein
“Is It Time to Give Term Limits to Supreme Court Justices? Our highest court is now polarized along partisan lines in a way that parallels other political institutions and the rest of society.”
Norm!
“State campaign finance laws are on borrowed time”
An Unusual Order from the Supreme Court Delaying Execution, with Lethal Injections Questions Looming
Via USA Today comes news of this just-released order of the Supreme Court. Richard Wolf of USA Today notes that this order comes after the Court had refused to block earlier executions using lethal injection, as questions mount after a… Continue reading
Ron Collins on Proposals to Amend the Constitution to Deal with Campaign Finance
WRTL Ads for Teaching Purposes
When I teach campaign finance, I like to use the radio ads that were at issue in the case. The ads used to be posted easily on the WRTL website, but they are no longer in the spot they used… Continue reading
“Challenge to FEC’s PAC Disclosure Requirements Rejected by Supreme Court”
Bloomberg News alert: “The Supreme Court May 19 let stand lower court rulings upholding Federal Election Commission rules and procedures for determining when politically active organizations must register and report as federal political action committees ( Free Speech v. FEC,… Continue reading
“Here’s how to put everyday citizens in charge of financing campaigns”
Rep. Sarbanes guest blog at “The Monkey Cage.” He responds to Seth Masket.
“Oligarchy Enshrined: Why the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon ruling is good news for the super-rich and bad news for progressive Democrats”
Cover story at In These Times.
Two from Ellen Katz
Hobby Lobby and the Pathology of Citizens United (forthcoming Duke J. Constitutional Law and Public Policy). Abstract:
This Essay explores a distinct way Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission promises to influence pending challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable… Continue reading
“Supreme Court’s money debacle: The truth behind Dems’ campaign finance amendment”
“Was the Chief Justice’s McCutcheon Opinion Honest? A Response to Fred Wertheimer”
“Leahy Announces June 3 Hearing On Constitutional Amendment To Rein In Massive Campaign Spending”
See this press release.
I’m an opponent of both Citizens United and the constitutional amendment approach. See
Three Wrong Progressive Approaches (and One Right One) to Campaign Finance Reform, 8 Harvard Law & Policy Review 21 (2014)