Disclosure, in the campaign finance context, refers to laws and regulations requiring candidates and political groups to report information about their activities to the government, which then makes that information available publicly. The required information varies greatly, depending on the affected organization and the local, state, or federal government mandating the disclosure. Disclosure rules fall into two broad categories: disclosure…
In many respects, the competing analyses of CCP and CLC reflect differing views of the First Amendment. While CCP believes that “the First Amendment ...
This Article examines relevant evidence to determine whether, as some have argued, the original legal force of the First Amendment’s “freedom of the press” included a ...
House Bill 1425 proposes to regulate speech and creates massive new government reporting requirements for speakers. Many provisions in the bill are unconstitutionally vague ...
Various sections of this measure are unconstitutionally vague. Senate File 154 regulates an expansive amount of speech, including books and websites. The bill’s disclosure ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Daily Beast reports that at tonight’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama will again criticize the Supreme Court’s decision in 2010’s ...
Does Larry Lessig think he and his supporters are above the law? In response to a complaint that CCP filed with the FEC, documenting ...
Surprised to find the denizen of the campaign finance regulatory community coming out against disclosure of all campaign contributions? So were we. But what ...
In a recent interview with Watchdog.org, Federal Election Commission Vice Chair Ann Ravel compared campaign finance disclosure with the nutritional information on a box ...