Super PACs are simply groups of like-minded citizens pooling their resources to support or oppose political candidates independently of those candidates’ campaigns. The product of a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals decision in SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission, super PACs have ensured that Americans do not lose their First Amendment rights when they join together in groups. Super PACs are…
It’s always interesting to note how polls — depending on how they’re conducted and who their target audience is — can vary and influence ...
Americans aren’t the victims of a vast conspiracy run by wealthy elites; they’re the beneficiaries of a robust democracy fueled by competition, with winners ...
Campaign finance is a nuanced, complicated topic. As a result, there are often mischaracterizations about the laws and and non-profits present in the media. ...
Politico recently published an article bashing super PACs in the presidential race, so it might be helpful to offer some counterpoints to the assault. ...
Much has been made of the conflicting reports regarding the so-called “Ricketts Plan,” a purported commissioning by billionaire Joe Ricketts, founder of brokerage firm TD ...
Two years and two election cycles into the Super PAC era, the media firestorm against free speech and association has been palpable. A Google search ...
Two years and two election cycles into the Super PAC era, the media firestorm against free speech and association has been palpable. A Google search ...
CCP’s Legal Director Allen Dickerson will appear on Wisconsin Public Radio tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, to debate on-air the usefulness of super PACs in the ...
With the second anniversary of the Citizens United decision coming up this Saturday, reform groups are pulling out all the stops to protest the decision. ...
In the past, articles in the online magazine Salon.com have referred to 527 groups as "shadowy", "stealth PACs", that "clearly enjoy a loophole ...