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Super PACs: Expanding Freedom of Speech
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Super PACs are simply groups of like-minded citizens pooling their resources to support or oppose political candidates independently of those candidates’ campaigns. The product of a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals decision in SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission, super PACs have ensured that Americans do not lose their First Amendment rights when they join together in groups. Super PACs are…

This weekend in campaign finance
January 17, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , ,

With the second anniversary of the Citizens United decision coming up this Saturday, reform groups are  pulling out all the stops to protest the decision. ...

Not a “loophole” anymore

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November 30, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

In the past, articles in the online magazine Salon.com have referred to 527 groups as "shadowy", "stealth PACs", that "clearly enjoy a loophole ...

When Democracy is the Problem

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July 24, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  

The latest report on non-profit "election activity" by the Campaign Finance Institute illustrates the intellectual dead end at which the campaign finance regulatory movement finds ...

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