Super PACs vs. the Smoke-Filled Room

May 26, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Chris Cillizza illustrates the benefits of Citizens United and SpeechNow.Org in a Washington Post article examining the wide-open state of the Republican presidential field: ...

Do Commissioners Weintraub and Ravel Want the FEC to Fail?

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May 20, 2015   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Ann Ravel, the Democratic Chair of the Federal Election Commission, made headlines early this month when she told The New York Times that her ...

What Can Bike Lanes Teach Us About Campaign Finance Laws?

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May 19, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Vox’s Matthew Yglesias writes about how efforts to create new bike lanes are hindered, ironically, by environmental protection laws: “[A]t a high level the ...

Tax-Financed Campaigns and Corruption in New York: The Wrong Treatment for the Right Diagnosis

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May 13, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

The arrest of New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges has added fuel to the already fiery debate over ...

It’s Not How Much You Give That Annoys Them, It’s What You Think

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May 12, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

In an article titled, “How to Push Back Against Billionaire Donors,” Atlantic contributor Peter Beinart urges reporters to “do whatever it takes, consistent with ...

What Vox Gets Wrong About Super PACs

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May 8, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Over at Vox, Ezra Klein suggests that journalists digging into the Clinton Foundation may have their priorities out of order. While acknowledging that “these ...

Survey Says: Investment Managers Not Interested in Making Things Political

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May 7, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

A recent survey is once again demonstrating that investment managers are not interested in dragging politics into the corporate governance debate. The Stanford Business ...

Standards for tax exemption for social welfare organizations

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April 22, 2015   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  ,

The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, was recently quoted as stating that under “the framework Congress has set up,” § 501(c)(4) ...

The stuff foul-mouthed Larry Lessig says

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April 22, 2015   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

In a post entitled “The sh*t Brad Smith says” (shot? shut? – you may as well spell it out, Larry), Larry Lessig quotes Brad ...

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