A WaPo editorial.

Peter Overby reports for NPR.

Wow.

Politico reports.  Thought experiment: what would the Republican campaign look like if we could still enforce the $5,000 individual contribution limit on PACS, if corporate and labor union treasury funds could not go into PACs, and if contributions to… Continue reading

Okay, I’m overusing “must-read” today, but you must read Dan Eggen: “Super PACs and other groups dominated the race for the Republican presidential nomination last month, raising and spending tens of millions of dollars outside the traditional campaign system… Continue reading

Great USA Today piece by Fredreka Schouten.  Clearly, the campaign finance beat reporters did not take President’s Day off.

Must read Farnam analysis in WaPo.  And the evidence bears out the anecdotal reporting that Super PACs go more negative because they are unaccountable: “Data show that super PACs, which have run more advertising than the campaigns themselves, have spent… Continue reading

Must read Nick Confessore analysis in the NYT.

Ray La Raja and Brian Schaffner have uploaded this important draft paper.  Here is the abstract: This paper seeks to understand the effect of campaign finance laws on electoral and policy Spurred by the recent Supreme Court decision, Citizens… Continue reading

I have written this piece for Slate.  It begins: In 18 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has written more than 200 opinions on a number of important topics, including major opinions on everything from copyright law… Continue reading