“Bipartisan Group Urges Overhaul of General Election Debates”
NYT on an Annenbeg-led effort that seems quite sensible. Anita Dunn and Beth Myers co-chair, and Bauer and Ginsberg have a hand too.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Pillar of Law Institute Files Brief in Washington Free Speech Case”
Release:
The Pillar of Law Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the United States Supreme Court today in the case Utter v. Building Industry Association of Washington(BIAW), urging the Court to hear the case and reinforce free speech protections… Continue reading
“CLC Blog: Charles Fried and Trevor Potter Respond to Wall Street Journal Editorial Attacking CLC’s Work”
Right to Rise PAC Disclaimers Buried in Jeb Bush Campaign Page Source Code [corrected]
What?
Correction: The disclaimers actually appear to be for Bush’s leadership PAC, not the super PAC.
Why the confusion? Note the similarity in the names:
Leadership: http://righttorisepac.org/
Super: https://righttorisesuperpac.org/
Note: the original headline said it was code related to… Continue reading
Whose party is it anyway?
Coauthored with Joseph Fishkin, University of Texas Law School
In yesterday’s post, we described how major functions once performed by official party organizations are migrating instead to what we call shadow parties—groups situated outside the official party apparatus, but clearly… Continue reading
“No ‘Sharp Warning’ From Recent Coordination Case”
“What Happens to Surplus Super PAC Money?”
NYT’s Taking Note ed blog.
NJ Legislators Will Try Another Bill to Make Voting Easier
Putting Gov. Christie in position to veto?
“The Outlaw Candidate”
Larry Noble on Jeb Bush for U.S. News.
“Russ Feingold’s PAC funded fees, salaries for former staffers, himself”
Must-read Daniel Bice:
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold — long a champion of campaign finance reform — founded a political action committee that has given a mere 5% of its income to federal candidates and political parties.
Instead, nearly half… Continue reading
“En Banc Ninth Circuit Urged to Uphold Arizona Judicial Campaign Laws”
Release:
On Friday, in Wolfson v. Concannon, the Campaign Legal Center joined with other nonprofit groups concerned with the integrity of the courts in filing an amici curiae brief urging the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the… Continue reading
A war within the Republican party?
Coauthored with Joseph Fishkin, University of Texas Law School
A recent story perfectly embodied the central puzzle in a paper that we recently published in the Supreme Court Review. The story tells about the war between the Koch brothers… Continue reading
“Republican operative sentenced to 2 years in landmark election case”
WaPo:
A former Republican political operative convicted in the first federal criminal case of illegal coordination between a campaign and a purportedly independent ally was sentenced Friday to two years in prison — a lighter punishment than prosecutors sought… Continue reading
“Candidates & Super PACS: The New Model in 2016”
Brennan Center:
As voters begin to assess presidential candidates ahead of the 2016 election, they’ll face a new world in which ostensibly outside groups — which often have extremely close ties to the candidates, but are theoretically separate from… Continue reading