Disclosure, in the campaign finance context, refers to laws and regulations requiring candidates and political groups to report information about their activities to the government, which then makes that information available publicly. The required information varies greatly, depending on the affected organization and the local, state, or federal government mandating the disclosure. Disclosure rules fall into two broad categories: disclosure…
Forcing government bureaucrats to review government contractors’ political ideologies doesn’t help prevent corruption. It simply provides contracting officials with an easy way to ...
The Center for Competitive Politics writes to comment on several very serious constitutional and practical problems raised by a vaguely written provision in House ...
On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics, I am writing you today to respectfully submit the following comments regarding the constitutional and practical ...
If House File 43 becomes law as written, there is a high likelihood that the law will be found unconstitutional if challenged in court. ...
Various sections of this measure are unconstitutionally vague. Senate File 214 regulates an expansive amount of speech, including books, websites, text messages, and emails. ...
In many respects, the competing analyses of CCP and CLC reflect differing views of the First Amendment. While CCP believes that “the First Amendment ...
This Article examines relevant evidence to determine whether, as some have argued, the original legal force of the First Amendment’s “freedom of the press” included a ...
House Bill 1425 proposes to regulate speech and creates massive new government reporting requirements for speakers. Many provisions in the bill are unconstitutionally vague ...
Various sections of this measure are unconstitutionally vague. Senate File 154 regulates an expansive amount of speech, including books and websites. The bill’s disclosure ...
The provisions of S.B. 384 would ultimately chill protected speech by mandating the disclosure of donors to organizations that are engaged solely in issue ...