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Political Parties: Vehicles for Political Association
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Political parties have been an important actor in American politics since this country’s founding. Parties have been a boon to First Amendment freedoms of political speech and association. They’ve allowed individuals to join together and speak with one voice about the issues of the day. They’ve allowed candidates to associate with a brand and more easily convey their message to…

“Drain the Swamp” and Competing Conceptions of Corruption
April 17, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) is a founding member of the Freedom Caucus and the latest conservative to come out with a book criticizing the ...

Comments to FEC Regarding Notice 2016-11: Rulemaking Petition: Political Party Rules
January 30, 2017   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  , ,

The Center disagrees with Petitioners’ assertion that citizens pose a threat to the existence “of political parties at the state and local level”[5] when ...

Outsourcing Politics: The Hostile Takeovers of Our Hollowed out Political Parties
December 1, 2016   •  By Matt Nese   •  ,

In this article by New York University School of Law Professor Samuel Issacharoff, the author examines the effect of multiple factors, including strict campaign ...

Amicus Brief: Tennessee Republican Party, et al. v. SEC, et al.
November 23, 2016   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

On First Amendment Issues, 2016 Party Platforms Differ Greatly from Each Other, But also from 2012
August 4, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

The Democratic and Republican National Conventions have ended, and attention has shifted to the general election season ahead. Yet the parties’ respective platforms endure ...

The State of State Parties – and How Strengthening them Can Improve our Politics
March 1, 2016   •  By Matt Nese   •  ,

A mountain-state Republican Party official wants to send out mailers encouraging voters to go to the polls and vote for Republican candidates. But this traditional ...

An Open Letter to Conservatives: Why Party Coordinated Limits Should Be Repealed
December 9, 2015   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

Recently some members of the Freedom Caucus in Congress and other conservative leaders have expressed opposition to a proposal by Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...

Comments to Montana Interim State Administration and Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Proposed Changes to Admin. Rules of Mont. § 44.11.101 et seq.
November 16, 2015   •  By Eric Wang   •  , , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) understands that the Commissioner of Political Practices (“CoPP”) has submitted proposed changes to his agency’s regulations for your ...

Super PACs vs. the Smoke-Filled Room
May 26, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Chris Cillizza illustrates the benefits of Citizens United and SpeechNow.Org in a Washington Post article examining the wide-open state of the Republican presidential field: ...

Comments on Colorado Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Rules Concerning Campaign and Political Finance 8 CCR 1505-6
May 21, 2015   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  , , , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics, I write to offer comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Rules Concerning Campaign and Political ...

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