Category Archives: campaigns

“Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book”

August 24, 2016, 10:17 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Daily Beast: Paul Ryan (not that one), of the nonpartisan nonprofit Campaign Legal Center, said that Trump would have to forgo accepting royalties for sales on the book in order for the transaction to be legal, under Federal Election Committee… Continue reading

6th Cir., in Thoughtful J. Sutton Opinion, Upholds Ban on Endorsements by Judicial Candidates

August 24, 2016, 9:23 amcampaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

This strikes me as an exceptionally thoughtful opinion, upholding some judicial campaign regulations and striking down others. It also shows how the Supreme Court’s Williams-Yulee decision has changed the calculus on which judicial campaign regulations can survive First Amendment attack.… Continue reading

“Even Trump and Clinton need big-money donors: Column”

August 24, 2016, 8:16 amcampaign finance, campaigns, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

Coinciding with the paperback release of Plutocrats United, I have written this oped for USA Today. It concludes: None of these things — Trump courting super PAC donors, Clinton getting paid by the wealthiest companies as a private… Continue reading

“Bernie Sanders’s New Political Group Is Met by Staff Revolt”

August 24, 2016, 7:35 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, his presidential campaign now behind him, will look to advance the movement he built during the Democratic primary race, with the public unveiling on Wednesday of a political organization focused on addressing economic inequality… Continue reading

Kochs To the Rescue in North Carolina?

August 24, 2016, 7:01 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Sounds like it from this Tarini Parti Buzzfeed report.

“Inside the exclusive events helping to fund Clinton and the Democratic Party”

August 24, 2016, 6:59 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo on the ingratiation and access: The price of entry to see Hillary Clinton on Sunday evening was $50,000 per person, a sum that got you an al fresco meal of tomato and mozzarella salad, lobster, strawberry shortcake and an… Continue reading

“Prosser decries money in high-court races”

August 23, 2016, 11:45 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

That’s rich, given his position in the John Doe case.

“The Truth Behind Trump’s Rigged-Election Paranoia”

August 23, 2016, 6:36 amcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The great Todd Purdum in Vanity Fair.

“12-year-old running Trump campaign office in Colorado”

August 23, 2016, 6:19 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Literally.

“Fellow Republicans still waiting for Trump’s promised cash”

August 23, 2016, 6:14 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

AP: Donald Trump portrays himself as an indispensable cash resource for fellow Republicans up and down the ballot. But while Trump is pulling in donor checks, an Associated Press review of campaign finance filings shows most of his fellow Republicans… Continue reading

Chutzpah Dept

August 23, 2016, 6:12 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Shaun McCutcheon complaining that Democrats may have sold access to big donors. He had to realize his litigation would only make that easier.

“Donald Trump Jacked Up His Campaign’s Trump Tower Rent Once Somebody Else Was Paying It”

August 22, 2016, 7:58 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

S.V. Date for HuffPo. Nearly quintupled.

“Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept.”

August 22, 2016, 7:49 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: The crown prince of Bahrain, whose government gave more than $50,000 to the Clintons’ charity and who participated in its glitzy annual conference, wanted a last-minute meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. U2 rocker and philanthropist Bono,… Continue reading

“On 2nd try, Miami-Dade commissioners approve petition count”

August 22, 2016, 3:01 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, direct democracyRick Hasen

Miami Herald: Miami-Dade commissioners agreed Monday to start counting nearly 130,000 signatures tied to a proposed ballot item on new campaign-finance rules, but warned they still might kill the proposal over stern concerns raised by county lawyers. The 9 to… Continue reading