Category Archives: campaigns
“The Coming Storm? Hush Money and the Federal Election Campaign Act”–On Trump at That $130K to Stormy Daniels
Important analysis by Thomas Frampton at the Harvard Law Review blog:
In August 2016, federal law enforcement and intelligence officials were alerted to an unsettling possibility: then-candidate Trump’s personal indiscretions might leave him susceptible to the threat of Russian blackmail… Continue reading
“When a T-Shirt Gets You in Trouble at the Voting Booth”
Love the kicker on this new Adam Liptak Sidebar column on the Minn. political apparel case:
Similar problems have arisen in the Supreme Court’s backyard. A few years ago, I saw a court police officer order a man… Continue reading
“The Follower Factory; Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market.”
“Real ‘Fake News’ and Fake ‘Fake News'”
Lili Levi has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, First Amendment Law Review). Here is the abstract:
“Fake news” has become the central inflammatory charge in media discourse in the United States since the 2016 presidential contest. In the political… Continue reading
“Russians got tens of thousands of Americans to RSVP for their phony political events on Facebook”
WaPo:
Russian operatives used Facebook to publicize 129 phony event announcements during the 2016 presidential campaign, drawing the attention of nearly 340,000 users — many of whom said they were planning to attend — according to a company document released… Continue reading
SCOTUSBlog Symposium on Minnesota Political Apparel at the Polls Case, Mansky
Symposium before the oral argument in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
Special Feature: Special Feature: Symposium before the oral argument in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
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01.24.18
Daniel I. Weiner and Christopher R. Deluzio
Symposium: Whose … Continue reading
“Trump Allies Are Profiting From Multiple Trump Groups, Testing Campaign Finance Laws”
BuzzFeed:
President Donald Trump’s close political advisers are making millions of dollars working for several different entities gearing up for Trump’s re-election campaign — raising questions about whether they are following campaign finance laws designed to keep campaigns from coordinating… Continue reading
From New Bauer, Ginsberg, Persily Report: “Fewer than 16,000 donors accounted for half the federal campaign contributions in 2016”
WaPo on the new Bauer, Ginsberg, Persily report, with a troubling trend I wrote about in my 2016 book, Plutocrats United:
More than 3.2 million Americans contributed to federal candidates in the 2016 elections, but fewer than 16,000 of… Continue reading
As Government May Shut Down, President to Headline $100,000-Per-Couple Fundraiser ($250K if you want to be at roundtable) at Mar-a-Lago Resort He Owns, Profiting from the Event Personally
Bloomberg:
President Donald Trump will mark the first anniversary of his inauguration on Saturday with a celebration at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, with tickets starting at $100,000 a pair.
That amount, according to the invitation, will pay for dinner… Continue reading
“‘Fake News’: Wide Reach but Little Impact, Study Suggests”
NYT:
But now the first hard data on fake-news consumption has arrived. Researchers last week posted an analysis of the browsing histories of thousands of adults during the run-up to the 2016 election — a real-time picture of who viewed… Continue reading
“There’s still little evidence that Russia’s 2016 social media efforts did much of anything”
Philip Bump for WaPo:
That idea was bolstered by a report from Yahoo News this week that investigators working with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III were talking to staffers for the Republican National Committee who worked with the Trump… Continue reading
“Democrats Struggle to Convert Voter Enthusiasm to Cash Contributions”
WSJ reports:
Democrats want to win back control of Congress and build up their presence in state capitals during next year’s elections, but they begin this ambitious mission with precious little cash to finance it.
The Democratic National Committee had… Continue reading
“Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options”
Washington Post:
The first email arrived in the inbox of CounterPunch, a left-leaning American news and opinion website, at 3:26 a.m. — the middle of the day in Moscow.
“Hello, my name is Alice Donovan and I’m a beginner… Continue reading