First Amendment and Campaigns: More Campaign Speech Benefits Voters

January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

At the heart of the First Amendment is the assumption that Americans are best served by a full and free discussion of whom to elect. The American system of government sits atop the bedrock of the First Amendment. From the pamphleteering of the founding era to the Facebook ads of today, political campaigns have been premised upon free and open…

Changing Perspectives: Senators’ Newfound Support for Amending the First Amendment (Issue Review)

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June 3, 2014   •  By Luke Wachob   •  

Changing Perspectives Senators’ Newfound Support for Amending the First Amendment By Luke Wachob Introduction A group of forty-two Senators[1] have sponsored an amendment to ...

Recapping “Amending the First Amendment: Silencing Free Speech?”

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June 2, 2014   •  By Luke Wachob   •  

On Monday, the Heritage Foundation hosted a panel of campaign finance experts to discuss recent developments such as the McCutcheon v. FEC Supreme Court ...

Letter to Colorado Secretary of State: Citizens United’s Petition for Declaratory Order

June 2, 2014   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

On June 2, 2014, the Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) filed comments before Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler supporting Citizens United’s Petition for ...

Sen. Ted Kennedy on Amending the First Amendment

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June 2, 2014   •  By David Keating   •  

Sen. Ted Cruz has an excellent article on the proposal to amend the First Amendment in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.  At the ...

Amending the First Amendment: The Udall Proposal is Poorly Drafted, Intellectually Unserious, and Extremely Dangerous to Free Speech

May 29, 2014   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

The Senate Judiciary Committee will soon hold a hearing on S.J. Res. 19, a constitutional amendment to restrict First Amendment rights proposed by Senator ...

Citizen Outreach v. Miller

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May 20, 2014   •  By IFS staff   •  , , ,

In February 2014, the Center for Competitive Politics began representing Citizen Outreach, a 501(c)(4) that allegedly ran afoul of Nevada campaign finance law in ...

Overstating Money in Politics: 2014 Edition

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May 15, 2014   •  By Luke Wachob   •  

No election cycle would be complete without a little hysterical media coverage about spending on campaign advertisements. Stories about money in politics are an ...

Less Regulation is ‘Free and Fair’

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May 2, 2014   •  By Kelsey Drapkin   •  

I spent a little more than three months at CCP defending your right to free and unhindered speech, and I would gladly do it ...

Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus

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March 11, 2014   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

Outside of Ohio, one might find it odd that a state government panel exists to determine the “truthiness” of campaign ads. However, under Ohio’ s ...

CCP Comments on Missouri House Bill 1340

February 24, 2014   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics, I respectfully submit the following comments concerning House Bill 1340, which is currently being considered by ...

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