Here. He concludes: “The justices can and should excise the unconstitutional Wellstone amendment while leaving the restrictions on business corporations and unions intact.” In this way, he’s with Mickey Kaus. But there’s no hint of expanding MCFL or… Continue reading

TPM reports.

The following press release arrived via email (with no mention of a expected broader VRM legislation): U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, together with Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and… Continue reading

Politico offers this report.

Andrea Seabrook & Peter Overby are doing a series of NPR reports called Dollar Politics. It looks at Congress and interest groups in relation to major legislative issues: health care, energy policy and financial regulation. The first story was… Continue reading

Demos has issued this release.

This Michael Hilzik column states: “Federal prosecutors, incidentally, don’t agree that the case is finished. They’ve appealed the dismissal of the first two counts to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which won’t render a decision for months. But… Continue reading

The NY Times editorializes on campaign finance issues.

Michael Barone’s column in the Washington Examiner.

Lots of interesting stuff here.

Politico offers this important report.

Brad Smith has written this oped.

Rick Pildes sends along this guest post: There’ s an essential, foundational question underlying campaign-finance regulation and the Citizens United case that I don’t think has been adequately appreciated. I would like to generate some insight and discussion about it.… Continue reading

See here.