Search Results for: mccutcheon
New Joint Fundraising Committee to Help Republican Challengers
CPI reports.
As much as I love my friends at CPI, I won’t be adopting their “jumbo joint” terminology for these JFCs which are thriving thanks to McCutcheon.
Here’s the RNC Lawsuit to Get Soft Money Back and Reverse What’s Left of McCain-Feingold
AP reports.
The Supreme Court’s decision in McCutcheon paved the way.
“The Irresponsible Actions of a New Government Ethics Group”
City Ethics blog:
Government ethics groups come in all shapes and sizes. City Ethics, an ordinary nonprofit, has a website with huge amounts of information about government ethics, and no financial resources. The American Dream Initiative, a social welfare… Continue reading
“Oligarchy Enshrined: Why the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon ruling is good news for the super-rich and bad news for progressive Democrats”
Cover story at In These Times.
Another Walk for Campaign Finance Reform: This One with #SCOTUS Disrupter in Scorching California
Press release via email:
Californians Begin 480-Mile March for Democracy from L.A. To Sacramento
Marchers demand “one person, one vote” political equality, an end to Big money corruption in politics
Los Angeles, CA – On May 17th, dozens of activists… Continue reading
“Was the Chief Justice’s McCutcheon Opinion Honest? A Response to Fred Wertheimer”
“Federal court strikes down state rule on political issue ads”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A federal appeals court has struck down state rules regulating campaign-style issue ads, but the practical impact of the decision is blunted because the rules had already been sidelined by another lawsuit 3 1/2 years ago.
Wednesday’s… Continue reading
“The Next Rule: Pay-to-Play, Municipal Advisors, and McCutcheon”
“Anatomy of a Supreme Court Opinion”
Fred Wertheimer: “How Chief Justice Roberts Dissembled, Obfuscated and Misled in his McCutcheon Opinion to Radically Change the Court’s ‘Corruption’ Standard and Legalize the Use of Contributions to Buy Government Influence and Results”
After McCutcheon, New RNC Challenge to Soft Money Rules
On the day the Supreme Court decided McCutcheon, I wrote in Slate:
Third and most dramatically, the court seems to open the door for a future challenge to what remains of the McCain-Feingold law: the ban on large, “soft… Continue reading
Just a Quick Thought on the John Doe Case and Its Troubling Implications for Campaign Finance Law
Yesterday I linked to this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about a new federal court decision. As the article described it, “a federal judge ordered a halt Tuesday to the John Doe investigation into campaign spending and fundraising by Gov.… Continue reading
“The Light Hiding Under McCutcheon’s Bushel: Transparency”
Eliza Newlin Carney Takes Deep Dive into Joint Fundraising Committees post McCutcheon, Which She Dubs “Max PACs”
Here at CQ (behind the paywall I believe).
Since Eliza created the Super PAC moniker, let’s see if “max PAC” also sticks.