Super PAC Funding Comes Overwhelmingly from Individuals, Again

November 4, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

Data from the 2016 election continues to undermine a key prediction made by critics of Citizens United in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ...

Activists are Already Trying to Rewrite the History of the 2016 Election

November 2, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

The 2016 election will conclude next week, but efforts to establish an interpretative narrative of it have already begun. After failing to make their ...

What would happen if the media talked about itself the way it talks about “dark money” groups?

November 1, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

A shadowy organization based in Washington, D.C., recently spent an undisclosed sum attempting to swing elections in far-off places such as South Dakota and ...

Brennan Center Outlines Strategy for More Supreme Court Rulings Upholding Speech Regulations

October 27, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Ferguson and Lee argue that the Court’s use of empirical evidence in evaluating campaign finance regulations varies from case to case, and that most ...

Elizabeth Warren Attacks SEC Chair for Refusing to Help Her Silence Businesses

October 18, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Late last week, Senator Elizabeth Warren renewed a conflict with Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White, calling on President Obama to remove ...

The Hidden Admissions of the “Unilateral Disarmament” Defense

October 13, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , ,

Vague commitments to pursue “campaign finance reform” and promises to overturn Citizens United have become increasingly popular talking points among some candidates this election ...

Some FEC Commissioners Unwilling to Commit to Not Banning Books

October 11, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

The Federal Election Commission’s recent public meeting revealed a partisan gap on what would have otherwise seemed a straightforward issue. Commissioner Lee Goodman proposed ...

New Year, Same Story: 2016 CPA-Zicklin Index Chills Speech

October 3, 2016   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

The Center for Political Accountability (CPA) and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research have released the 2016 edition of their annual study of ...

Enabling the Harassment of Donors for Their Beliefs is Not Free Speech

September 19, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , , ,

A consistent refrain from defenders of free speech is that the remedy for speech you dislike is more speech, not less. This logic was ...

The NRA’s Political Spending is No Different From Any Other Group’s

September 15, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

Last week, the Sunlight Foundation – an organization that supports increased donor disclosure for nonprofit groups that occasionally speak about candidates and issues as ...

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