Brent Ferguson has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Emory Law Journal Online).  Here is the abstract: In July, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that it violates the First Amendment to prevent political candidates from coordinating with outside spending groups… Continue reading

Interesting Bloomberg report.

Politico: RoseAnn DeMoro, head of the 185,000 member Oakland-based National Nurses United  — the nation’s largest female-dominated union — says Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has made a “massive misstep” by characterizing the union’s support of her Democratic challenger Bernie… Continue reading

“The $10,800 contributions is my lane.” —Heidi Nelson Cruz, talking to the NYT about fundraising for her husband, Sen. Ted Cruz

From last night’s debate: (video) SANDERS:… You know what it all comes down to? Do you know why we can’t do what every other country — major country on Earth is doing? It’s because we have a… Continue reading

CPI: On Tuesday, a pro-Hillary Clintonsuper PAC sent campaign regulators a seemingly perfunctory letter, all of 30 words long. “This letter serves to officially notify the Federal Election Commission that Priorities USA Action will file its reports… Continue reading

Tom Hamburger reviews Jane Mayer’s Dark Money.

NYT: A prominent donor to Jeb Bush pressed the chief strategist of the “super PAC” supporting Mr. Bush over the group’s negative ads about Senator Marco Rubio during a closed-door meeting in Manhattan on Friday, according to three people… Continue reading

NYT: he Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, already facing scrutiny for not disclosing a Goldman Sachs loan he used for his 2012 Senate campaign, also failed to disclose a second loan, from Citibank, for the same race, according… Continue reading

HuffPo: You could forgive Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) if he celebrated a little during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. That’s because when Obama came to what he said was perhaps his most important point, it sounded… Continue reading