Jamin Raskin offers this oped in the Los Angeles Times, which begins: “You have to admire President Bush’s willingness to amend the Constitution over an issue of basic principles. But before we forever deny millions of Americans the chance to… Continue reading
By a 2-1 vote, the Seventh Circuit has upheld a campaign finance disclosure statute in Majors v. Abell. Before the Supreme Court decided McConnell v. FEC, there were a number of open questions regarding the constitutionality of campaign finance… Continue reading
Philip Gailey writes this oped in the St. Petersburg Times. It begins: “Well, what do you know. Soft money is back, and it’s making hypocrites of all those Democrats who fervently championed the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law, not to mention… Continue reading
The Wall Street Journal offers this editorial, which begins: “If they weren’t so damaging to free speech, we’d say there’s something naively charming about John McCain’s episodic fulminations about campaign finance reform.” Thanks to Steven Sholk for the pointer.