Bob Bauer characterizes CCP Executive Director Steve Hoersting’s Cato Briefing Paper on 527 organizations as a constitutional argument, and a principled argument, on the limits on State power.

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Bob Bauer characterizes CCP Executive Director Steve Hoersting’s Cato Briefing Paper on 527 organizations as a constitutional argument, and a principled argument, on the limits on State power.
Using information obtained from the New York Times, Real Clear Politics, state websites, and the Center for Responsive Politics, we were able examine the ...
In a blog post from earlier today, the Campaign Legal Center’s Brendan Fischer critiques a mid-April CCP blog post I authored highlighting “Five Lessons ...
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