Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota Senate File 92

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

Depending on one’s reading of this hopelessly vague bill, it goes as far as to outright ban corporate funding of independent expenditures – in ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota House File 375

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

Depending on one’s reading of this hopelessly vague bill, it goes as far as to outright ban corporate funding of independent expenditures – in ...

Constitutional Issues with New Mexico Senate Bill 384

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

The provisions of S.B. 384 would ultimately chill protected speech by mandating the disclosure of donors to organizations that are engaged solely in issue ...

Constitutional Issues with New Mexico House Bill 278

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

The provisions of H.B. 278 would ultimately chill protected speech by mandating the disclosure of donors to organizations that are engaged solely in issue ...

Brad Smith’s Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Response to McCutcheon v. FEC

January 16, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

On October 9, 2014, the Commission issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Response to McCutcheon v. FEC, 134 S. Ct. 1434 (2014). ...

Letter: Need For Proper Rulemaking Processes and Analyses in Upcoming IRS Proposal

December 19, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Just over a year ago, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Treasury published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for the stated ...

AFJ, CCP and ACLU Letter: Concerns regarding investigation into the interactions between the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Protection Agency

December 18, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

The undersigned advocacy organizations are writing to express concerns about a portion of your investigation into the interactions between the Natural Resources Defense Council ...

Recommendations to Massachusetts Campaign Finance Task Force on Internet Ad Disclaimers and Election Cycle Contribution Limits

December 17, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

CCP would like to comment on some practical and constitutional concerns that we sincerely hope the Task Force will address in their discussion of ...

Response to Recent Comments of The Bright Lines Project

December 10, 2014   •  By Eric Wang   •  ,

Nonetheless, as explained in more detail below, there are far too many activities for which the Project fails to provide sufficient clarity to exempt ...

Constitutional Issues with Rule Proposed by Texas Ethics Commission August 21, 2014

October 8, 2014   •  By Anna Mackin   •  , ,

I write on behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”), a nonpartisan § 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting and protecting First Amendment political ...

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