“The Next Era of Campaign-Finance Craziness Is Already Underway”
Jim Rutenberg for the NYT magazine.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
“Wisconsin’s Shame: ‘I Thought It Was a Home Invasion’”
National Review on John Doe.
Federal District Court Rejects Challenge to Federal Contribution Limits
Holmes v. FEC:
After full consideration of the entire record and all arguments, the Court finds that Plaintiffs’ challenge to FECA’s temporal per-election restrictions on individual contributions to federal candidates constitutes a veiled attack on the contribution limit set… Continue reading
“Struggling to remember the name of Jeb Bush’s super PAC? Here’s why”
“Campaign finance system is broken says GOP super-lawyer Jim Bopp”
You won’t be shocked at Jim’s proposed solution: even less regulation.
“Bush Preparing to Delegate Many Campaign Tasks to Super PAC”
“New Settlement Ends Ohio Early Voting Dispute”
Jeb Bush Gets Audition for Koch Brothers Primary
Playbook:
EXCLUSIVE: Charles and David Koch are considering throwing their massive wealth and sophisticated organization into the Republican presidential primary for the first time, a potentially game-changing boost that could make even a second-tier candidate instantly viable. In another… Continue reading
“Why Hillary Is Really Pushing Campaign Finance Reform”
“GOP Candidates Discover the Problems With Money in Politics”
“The NRA’s brazen shell game with donations: A Yahoo News investigation”
“Judge Blasts Prosecutors in Foreign Bribe Case”
The Recorder:
With harsh words for prosecutors, a federal judge in San Francisco dismissed a foreign bribery case on Friday, calling it the most “misguided prosecution” he’d seen in 50 years of criminal practice.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, himself… Continue reading
“Ex-Candidate O’Donnell Challenges Rules Barring Personal Use of Campaign Money”
Bloomberg BNA: “Federal Election Commission regulations prohibiting campaign money from being spent to pay a candidate’s rent are unconstitutional, attorneys for former Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell has argued in a new federal court filing (FEC v. O’Donnell,… Continue reading
Soros: “the bluntest language in politics comes down to political dollars”
OK, it is son Alex Soros, but still…