Disclosure: A Threat to Associational Privacy

January 1, 2018  •  By IFS staff  •    •  

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…

Testimony of CCP President Sean Parnell to the New Jersey Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee

November 15, 2010   •  By Sean Parnell   •  , ,

The Center has serious concerns that this bill would threaten core First Amendment freedoms, including the right of citizens to associate with one another and ...

Shade from the Glare: The Case for Semi-Disclosure

November 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

Disclosure, normally the most widely embraced element of election regulation, became highly controversial in 2010. On the eve of the mid-term elections, a Washington Post ...

The Costs of Mandating Disclosure

November 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

The composer Benjamin Britten once said that there “are a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I ...

Testimony of CCP Research & Government Relations Director Laura Renz to the Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee

August 18, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  , , ,

The legislation being discussed today represents an understandable but misguided approach to campaign finance law. In fact, Pennsylvania’s current status as one of only eleven ...

Disclosures about Disclosure

July 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s foundation-shifting decision in Citizens United v. FEC, the media and other commentators could be forgiven for mostly overlooking a ...

The DISCLOSE Act, Deliberation, and the First Amendment

June 28, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

The United States Supreme Court decided in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that Congress may not prohibit spending on political speech by corporations. President Obama and ...

Testimony of CCP President Sean Parnell to New Jersey State Assembly Judicial Committee

June 14, 2010   •  By Sean Parnell   •  , ,

Thank you for allowing me to submit testimony on A2595, a bill to require disclosure of the donor and membership lists of private organizations. I ...

DISCLOSE Act—The Legislative “Fix” to Citizens United

May 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Citizens United v. FEC. Since then, congressional critics of the Court's broad holding ...

Mowing Down the Grassroots: How Grassroots Lobbying Disclosure Suppresses Political Participation

April 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

Grassroots lobbying is any effort to organize, coordinate or implore others to contact public officials in order to affect public policy. Through grassroots ...

Examining the Unconstitutionality of Montana’s Disclosure Laws

April 1, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

As political campaigns have become more expensive1 and sophisticated,2 Congress has increasingly regulated them,3 yet the Supreme Court has declared many aspects of that regulation unconstitutional.4 Recently, ...

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