“What Happens to Surplus Super PAC Money?”
NYT’s Taking Note ed blog.
Category Archives: campaigns
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
“The Party as Database”
Jack Balkin:
Last year, in my essay The Last Days of Disco: Why the American Political System is Dysfunctional, I explained that modern American political parties were turning into databases connected to fundraising operations. The two major political… Continue reading
“How black voters could determine the 2016 election”
Adam Smith Sympathizes with RNC Complaints About Koch Big Money
Every Voice:
The massive political network of the billionaire Koch brothers has made a surprising new enemy: The Republican National Committee (RNC). “The RNC is now openly arguing, however, that the Kochs’ political operation is trying to control the… Continue reading
Pete Peterson at Zocalo Talks About Running for CA Secretary of State
Peterson:
Also favoring the insider—particularly in California—is the substantial presence of the “third house”—a vast network of associations, corporations, and unions with lobbying interests in Sacramento. Most Californians have never heard of the California Infill Builders Federation PAC, the… Continue reading
“Ballot Talks: Delayed presidential bids and campaign finance reform”
WHYY Radio Times:
Ballot Talks: Delayed presidential bids and campaign finance reform
June 11, 2015
Hour 1
Guests: Paul Seamus Ryan, Nate Persily, Eric Lichtblau
Jeb Bush said he’ll be announcing his bid for the 2016 election on… Continue reading
“This Web site allows political donors to give money based on how lawmakers vote. Just don’t call it bribery.”
WaPo on the If-Then Fund.