Daily Media Links 7/15: Revenge of Citizens United, The Judging of Politicians–By Judges, and more…

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July 15, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News USA Today: Wealthy donors seize the steering wheel in 2016 races Fredreka Schouten David Keating, who favors fewer campaign restrictions as ...

Daily Media Links 7/14: Stopping Scam PACs From Ripping Off Donors, Left’s loud transparency defenders silent on secret John Doe, and more…

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July 14, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Independent Groups Roll Call: Stopping Scam PACs From Ripping Off Donors Ann Ravel Because of the way the requests are portrayed, it is assumed ...

Daily Media Links 7/13: Power of the Pocketbook: Women Gaining Influence As Campaign Donors, New PAC defends doctor embroiled in Medicare fraud lawsuit, and more…

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July 13, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

First Amendment NPR: Power of the Pocketbook: Women Gaining Influence As Campaign Donors Lauren Leatherby This campaign cycle marks another milestone for women — ...

Daily Media Links 7/10: Wisconsin’s Friend at the IRS, The D.C. Circuit in Wagner: Aspects of Appearances in the Defense of The Embattled Law, How Presidential Candidates Are Pushing Past Campaign Finance Boundaries This Time, and more…

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July 10, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

CCP Freedom is winning the battle over money in politics: Should anyone celebrate? Brad Smith Virtually all of the parade of horribles Waldman complains ...

Daily Media Links 7/9: Elizabeth Warren allies delay Obama’s SEC pick, Federal Election Commission Shows How To Disclose Data In A Digital Democracy, and more…

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July 9, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News Roll Call: High-Dollar Fundraising Makes Comeback, Raises Bribery Concerns Eliza Newlin Carney If unfettered campaign spending has rendered contribution limits all ...

Daily Media Links 7/8: Today’s Wagner Decision Encourages an Obama Order on Campaign Contributions by Federal Contractors, Republicans have won the battle over money in politics. Should anyone celebrate?, and more…

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July 8, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

The Courts Reuters: U.S. court upholds federal contractor campaign finance ban Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ...

Daily Media Links 7/7: Time to crack down on ‘dark money’, Why Nonprofits Get Away With Campaigning, Obama can get dark money out of politics with a swipe of his pen, and more…

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July 7, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Free Speech Bloomberg: Why Nonprofits Get Away With Campaigning Noah Feldman Admittedly, the distinction was always a bit tenuous as a matter of logic. ...

Daily Media Links 7/6: Politics ain’t broke, so reforms wont fix it, Pat Toomey’s PAC May Have Broken FEC Rules By Donating To A Super PAC Run By His Former Aides, and more…

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July 6, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Campaign Finance Washington Examiner: Politics ain’t broke, so reforms wont fix it Jeff Milyo Now again we see op-ed pages and political stump speeches ...

Daily Media Links 7/2: Jiggery-Pokery: The Justices Have A Punny Way With Words, In Search of Qualified FEC Commissioners, and more…

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July 2, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Independent Groups Time: Why 2016 Campaign Spending Is Heating Up Now Philip Elliott Enter the super PACs, trying to remedy a problem of their ...

Daily Media Links 7/1: Why I’m Filing a Civil-Rights Lawsuit, The Arizona Decision: Constitutional Reasoning Within the Reform Model, Prison inmate forms super PAC, and more…

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July 1, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

CCP Amicus Brief: Building Industry Assosciation of Washington v. Utter in Support of Petitioner Rather than straightforwardly applying this portion of the Buckley ruling, ...

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