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Uproar in New Jersey after Congressman Names and Shames a Critic
May 16, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

A troubling story came to light this week out of New Jersey, where a bank employee resigned her position in part due to pressure ...

CLC Says CCP’s Wrong about “Dark Money.” Here are the Facts. Readers can Decide.
May 9, 2017   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , ,

In a blog post from earlier today, the Campaign Legal Center’s Brendan Fischer critiques a mid-April CCP blog post I authored highlighting “Five Lessons ...

AEI Panel Explores the Reasons for Congressional Gridlock
May 8, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

On Monday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted an event titled “Is Congress Broken?” It featured contributing authors and editors of a book by the ...

Cato Holds Discussion on New Floyd Abrams Book on First Amendment
May 2, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

On Monday, the Cato Institute hosted a forum to discuss Floyd Abrams’s new book, The Soul of the First Amendment. Abrams is well known ...

Citizen Sleuth or Citizen Snoop? The Dangers of Disclosure in the Internet Age
May 1, 2017   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

At its core, the debate about political disclosure is actually pretty simple. The information provided about donors to the government has the benefit of ...

An Amendment to Restrict Political Speech Rights
April 24, 2017   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

At a recent town hall meeting in his district, Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL) renewed his perennial call to amend the Constitution to give incumbent ...

Trust No One – Except Politicians?
April 24, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Here’s a strange bit of advice I bet you haven’t heard before: trust politicians, but be wary of everyone else. It’s strange advice because ...

Out-of-State Spending Was High in Georgia Special Election, and That’s OK
April 20, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

The outsized attention being paid to a few special elections means an early opportunity for the politically active to create favorable momentum going into ...

Five Lessons about Spending in the 2016 Campaign You Might Have Missed
April 19, 2017   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , , , ,

The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) recently released their final tally of spending in the 2016 election cycle. Here are 5 takeaways: Despite hyperbolic ...

“Drain the Swamp” and Competing Conceptions of Corruption
April 17, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) is a founding member of the Freedom Caucus and the latest conservative to come out with a book criticizing the ...

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