Category Archives: campaigns
“Trump directed $2.3 million owed to him to his tax-exempt foundation instead”
Wow, from future Pulitzer winner David Fahrenthold:
Donald Trump’s charitable foundation has received approximately $2.3 million from companies that owed money to Trump or one of his businesses but were instructed to pay Trump’s tax-exempt foundation instead, according to people… Continue reading
“Russian-born oil magnate gives big to Trump Victory”
Open Secrets:
Donald Trump has an interesting relationship with Russia, to say the least. He’s praised Vladimir Putin. Hisformer campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, had business dealings with pro-Russia leaders in Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials are investigating whether one… Continue reading
Ballot Selfies Used to Coerce Voters in Russia (or More Evidence Why Mark Joseph Stern is Wrong)
More evidence that Mark Joseph Stern is super wrong on ballot selfies. It is not just about vote buying, but coercion:
Instead, Garrels’s subjects follow the time-tested Russian strategies of adaptation and circumvention. On the eve of recent elections,… Continue reading
Presidential Election Law Forum at Fordham on Friday
Announcement via email:
Friday, September 30, 2016 at Fordham Law School, 150 West 62 Street, New York City
Lunch and Welcome Reception (12:00 to 12:30)
Panel 1 (12:30 to 1:50) (Moderated by Professor Jerry Goldfeder):
Prof. Edward B. Foley (Third-Party… Continue reading
“FCC Has Failed to Protect Voters’ Right to Know Who Is Behind Political Ads in Election 2016”
Release:
The Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Sunlight Foundation and Benton Foundation today filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to take immediate action against WCPO-TV of Cincinnati for failure to comply with the longstanding public… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton Endorsed By Campaign Finance Reformers”
HuffPo:
The campaign finance reform organization Every Voice made its first endorsement in a presidential election on Friday, backing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Every Voice, which used to be known as Public Campaign Action Fund, has endorsed candidates from both… Continue reading
“Why it’s so hard to know who is funding the marijuana legalization battle”
OC Register:
One published media report this month said the campaign to legalize marijuana in California had raised $18 million. Within days, other major news outlets pegged the total at just one-third that amount, while a nonprofit campaign watchdog group… Continue reading
“Trump campaign quarrels over money woes”
Full Court Press to Get #SCOTUS to Take Up WI #JohnDoe Case (As It Should)
Lincoln Caplan in the New Yorker.
Billy Corriher at Think Progress.
Mark Joseph Stern Wrong on Ballot Selfies
Here’s the part in Slate that’s most objectionable to me:
Second, the (still relatively rare) instances of voter fraud to which Hasen alludes likely would not have been foiled by a ballot selfie ban. Vote-buying almost always occurs through mail-in… Continue reading
“From Russia With Trump: A Political Conflict Zone”
ABC News investigative report:
Donald Trump and his children have for years promoted themselves and their real estate opportunities in Russia and other former Soviet states, and ethics experts say if he is elected President the get-tough U.S. sanctions against… Continue reading
“Campaign mega-donors spill on why they open their wallets”
Dave Levinthal on the excellent panel he ran at the Texas Tribune Festival:
A small group of campaign super-donors agreed that the campaign finance system in the U.S. needs reform, but said in the meantime, they are following the rules… Continue reading
“Justice Kennedy Laments ‘Hostile, Fractious’ U.S. Politics”
NLJ:
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy decried the current state of political discourse on Friday, telling an audience at the International Bar Association conference in Washington that the country’s divisions had reverberations around the globe.
“The verdict on freedom… Continue reading