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…

The Difficulties of Running for State Office

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March 19, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  

Last week at CPAC we talked with former candidate Niles Brush about the difficulties he encountered while running for the state senate in Montana: ...

Comments on Maryland House Bill 1499

March 13, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , , ,

Center for Competitive Politics Legal Director Allen Dickerson testified before the Maryland Legislature on House Bill 1499, which incorporates many of the suggestions CCP ...

Comments to the Montana Senate Judiciary Committee on H.B. 129

February 13, 2013   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

Matt Nese, CCP's Director of External Relations, in comments to Montana's Senate Judiciary Committee on H.B. 129, warned that the proposal “would set a dangerous ...

Book Review: Brad Smith on “Curbing Campaign Cash”

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February 11, 2013   •  By Sarah Lee   •  

CCP Founder and Former Chair of the Federal Election Commission Bradley Smith has penned a fascinating review of Ohio State University Associate Professor Paula ...

Useful Rhetoric

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February 5, 2013   •  By Joe Trotter   •  

After years decrying the influence of money in politics, it took less than three months after winning re-election for President Obama’s views to flip. ...

Which OFA is it?

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January 29, 2013   •  By Sarah Lee   •  

UPDATE: A-ha! Mystery solved. And rather hilariously so… Please forgive us the levity, but sometimes things just strike us as funny here at CCP. ...

Different Standards: Obama Campaign Possibly Accepting Donations from Foreign Nationals

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October 9, 2012   •  By Sarah Lee   •  

“I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, and worse, by foreign entities,” President Barack Obama said during his ...

Another post in the never ending saga of why media reporting on campaign finance reform so often misinforms the public

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July 28, 2012   •  By Brad Smith   •  

We have noted here on many occasions in the past how bad media reporting helps explain public misunderstandings of campaign finance law. A pair ...

NDPAC AOR

July 26, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , ,

Center for Competitive Politics Legal Director Allen Dickerson joined attorney Benjamin T. Barr and local counsel Dan Backer of DB Capitol Strategies in filing ...

Senator McConnell to speak at AEI on “Growing threats to our First Amendment rights.”

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June 14, 2012   •  By Brad Smith   •  

Today at 11:30 a.m. (registration 11:15) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will deliver what promises to be a major address at the American Enterprise ...

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