The First Amendment guarantees every American freedom of speech. That freedom includes the right to spend money on speech. Without money, a political group cannot buy ads, print fliers, organize protests, or hire staff. Short of shouting one’s opinions on a street corner, it takes money to spread a message. Recognizing this relationship, the Supreme Court has long prohibited the…
Although the 2020 presidential nominating conventions have concluded, the national parties will be forced to navigate both expected, inflated costs and unexpected costs in ...
Ten years after the Citizens United decision, this report asks if opponents' claims that increased speech through independent expenditures would lead to increased corruption ...
Dark money could be trending toward a record low this election cycle.
Candidate pledges denouncing support from select groups tend to utilize public misunderstanding of campaign finance law to generate the facade of moral superiority, trade ...
Abstract: Variations in state campaign finance regulations across states and over time provide an opportunity to test the effects of reforms on the electoral ...
This piece originally appeared in City Journal on March 12, 2020. The political world is practically giddy at the failed campaigns of Michael ...
This piece originally appeared in National Review on March 5, 2020. The dragons of myth were not slain by fearless knights, but by reality. ...
This piece originally appeared in the Washington Examiner on March 2, 2020. There’s a lot more to winning elections than dominating the airwaves. ...
This piece originally appeared in Washington Examiner on February 2, 2020. Millions of people will tune in to watch the NFL’s Super Bowl ...
This piece originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal on January 20, 2020. ‘Last week,” President Obama declared a decade ago, “the Supreme Court ...