Press release: Reform groups today wrote to President Obama strongly urging him to reject all riders in appropriations bills, including four damaging campaign finance riders, and to insist that clean FY 2016 appropriations legislation is sent to him for his… Continue reading

The next frontier.

jason Abel has written this oped for the LA Daily Journal.

The Hill: Billionaire Donald Trump is telling every American who’ll listen how he buys their politicians, and Democratic presidential candidate Larry Lessig could not be happier. “When Donald Trump stands up [and explains how he buys politicians]… the public are… Continue reading

Cass Sunstein: Nevertheless, Lessig is right to draw attention to the wide gulf between our aspirations to self-government and our actual practices. Corruption is a strong word, but it is captures the undue influence of those with money to throw… Continue reading

Teddy Schleifer for CNN: The second campaign began to unravel this summer, with the operation essentially abandoning its efforts in Iowa and New Hampshire. Doug Deason, the son of a $5 million donor to the Perry super PAC, said Perry’s… Continue reading

Justin Miller reports for TAP.

It’s the wild west out there.

WMUR: But proving that there is illegal coordination is tough. A plethora of FEC rules focus on three “prongs,” regarding payment, content and conduct. Pro-candidate super PAC ads look very much like ads by the candidates’ campaign committees themselves.… Continue reading

Times Union: A settlement struck in a lawsuit targeting the so-called “LLC loophole” in New York election law yielded a $10,000 penalty and could pave the way to future state cases challenging limited liability company donations. Because this one… Continue reading

New York magazine.