Daily Media Links 5/30: Amending the First Amendment: The Udall Proposal is Poorly Drafted, Intellectually Unserious, and Extremely Dangerous to Free Speech, Rand v. The State of Kentucky, and more…

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May 30, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

CCP Amending the First Amendment: The Udall Proposal is Poorly Drafted, Intellectually Unserious, and Extremely Dangerous to Free Speech Under the Udall amendment, it ...

Daily Media Links 5/27: No limit on individual political donations, Should it be against law to criticize Harry Reid?, and more…

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May 27, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In the News Newsday: State: No limit on individual political donations By Michael Gormley The Board of Elections in a closed-door session concluded the state ...

Daily Media Links 5/23: Democrats vs. Free Speech, Proposed Rules on Tax-Exempt Groups Face Revision, and more…

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May 23, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Amending the First Amendment The Weekly Standard: Democrats vs. Free Speech By Terry Eastland In the lead opinion in McCutcheon, Chief Justice John Roberts said ...

Daily Media Links 5/22: Pressure group letter to IRS on Crossroads GPS misstates the law, is inappropriate, The Move to Amend & Leahy’s Upcoming Senate Hearing, and more…

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May 22, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

CCP Pressure group letter to IRS on Crossroads GPS misstates the law, is inappropriate Alexandria, VA – In a letter to the Internal Revenue Service sent ...

Daily Media Links 5/21: Conservative party puts legislators on alert over campaign finance issue, Application for section 501(c)(4) status by Crossroads GPS, and more…

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May 21, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In the News Voice of America: Supreme Court Fuels Money Surge in US Politics “Basically money helps people speak.  So yes, money isn’t speech, but ...

Daily Media Links 5/20: Tea Party Stumbles As GOP Establishment Flexes Fundraising Strength, “Great and Extraordinary Occasions” for Constitutional Reform—and The Question of Evidence, and more…

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May 20, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In the News NPR: Tea Party Stumbles As GOP Establishment Flexes Fundraising Strength Tea Party candidates did well in GOP primary elections in 2010 and ...

Daily Media Links 5/19: CT Ends Contribution Cap After Court Decision, Conservative Party Supports Taxpayers – Opposes Public Money for Campaigns, and more…

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May 19, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In the News The Hartford Guardian: CT Ends Contribution Cap After Court Decision The Center for Competitive Politics has urged Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to respond quickly to the ...

Daily Media Links 5/15: Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota Senate File 2099, New IRS emails describe Washington direction of Tea Party targeting efforts, and more…

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May 15, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

CCP Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota Senate File 2099 By Matt Nese This bill may be one of the worst infringements on First ...

Daily Media Links 5/14: Federal court rulings prompt wave of states hiking campaign contribution limits, Slouching Towards California, and more…

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May 14, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In the News Washington Examiner: Federal court rulings prompt wave of states hiking campaign contribution limits By Luke Wachob The reaction in state legislatures demonstrates ...

Daily Media Links 5/13: Amend the First Amendment to curb political speech?, Public financing of elections only provides more avenues for corruption, New Report: 13 States Raise Contribution Limits Since Citizens United Ruling, and more…

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May 13, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

In case you missed it, CCP released a report, “Legislative Review: 2013 State Legislative Trends – Campaign Contribution Limits Increase in Nine States,” featured ...

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