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Daily Media Links 10/15: Citizens United can make movie without disclosing donors, court says, To Deal With Corruption in Campaign Finance Reduce the Size of Government, and more…

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October 15, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

CCP Reform and the Insider’s Game  By Brad Smith One of the problems that the regulatory movement has never come to grips with is ...

Daily Media Links 10/14: Judge rules Colorado disclosure law unconstitutional, Criminalizing Political Speech in Wisconsin, and more…

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October 14, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

In the News Wall Street Journal: Political Spending Double-Cross  Editorial According to an analysis by the Center for Competitive Politics, in 2014 35.8% of ...

Daily Media Links 10/10: ‘Dark Money’ Exercises Freedom of Speech and Religion, FEC votes to relax campaign finance rules, and more…

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October 10, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

CCP Bradley A. Smith’s Opening Remarks: AmericanForum: How we finance our political campaigns (Video)  When I was at the Federal Elections Commission I used ...

Daily Media Links 10/9: No relationship between money and a healthy political system, 10th Circuit Fuzzy on Colorado Election Law, and more…

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October 9, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

In the News The Hill: Dark money still a bit player By Luke Wachob What would you call an election in which over 95 ...

Daily Media Links 10/8: Is “campaign finance reform” about good governance?, A Campaign Dollar’s Power Is More Valuable to a Challenger, and more…

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October 8, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

In the News Texas Tribune Festival: 2014 Tribune Festival: “Dark Money” vs. Donor Privacy  Moderated by Center for Public Integrity Senior Political Reporter Dave Levinthal. ...

Daily Media Links 10/7: GOP sharpens knives to cut political spending by labor, The lobbying economy is twice as big as we think, and more…

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October 7, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

In the News Forbes: When It Comes To Political Donations, There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Disclosure  By Zac Morgan In 1905, ...

Daily Media Links 10/6: Preaching Politics, Pastors Defy Ban, Obama Unwittingly Makes Best Case Against Political Speech Laws, and more…

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October 6, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

In the News Sacramento Bee: Another View: Expand free speech by expanding free speech  By Luke Wachob   As a result, attempts to “get ...

Daily Media Links 10/3: Could a Four-Second Mistake Cost a Candidate Thousands of Dollars?, Court to consider rules on judicial campaign cash, and more…

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October 3, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

CCP New proposed “pay-to-play” rule draws criticism from free speech group  Alexandria, VA – The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today announced that it filed comments ...

Daily Media Links 10/2: How Liberals Became the New Book Banners, California governor vetoes ethics bills, and more…

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October 2, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

In the News Wyoming Liberty Group: WyLiberty Arguments End Political Inquisition in Texas  “Election laws are supposed to clean up politics,” said Klein. “But this ...

Daily Media Links 10/1: U.S. judge dismisses Republican challenge to SEC pay-to-play rule, Democrats Are Spending More on the Ground in Key Senate Races, and more…

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October 1, 2014   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

In the News Miller Center: RESOLVED: Our Campaign Finance System is Corrupting American Democracy.  Features Brad Smith, Vik Amar, Ann Ravel, and Sean McCucheon. Watch clips… ...

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