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Daily Media Links 8/5: In slap at Trump, some wealthy Republicans campaign for Clinton, The Courts and Election Law: The Divergent Fortunes of Crawford (Voter ID) and Citizens United (Super PACs), and more…

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August 5, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

CCP On First Amendment Issues, 2016 Party Platforms Differ Greatly from Each Other, But also from 2012 Joe Albanese In short, it appears that ...

Daily Media Links 8/4: Senate Liberals, Targeting Climate Change ‘Deniers,’ Demand to Know Donors to 22 Think Tanks, New search tool traces sources of ‘dark money,’ and more…

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August 4, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

In the News The Intercept: The Citizens United Playbook Jon Schwarz and Lee Fang When Obama Predicted during his State of the Union address ...

Daily Media Links 8/3: Court Nullifies FEC Super PAC Name Strictures, Free-market group sues John Doe ‘ringleaders’ for violating federal law, and more…

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August 3, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

CCP Surprise, Surprise: Partisan Grandstanding from FEC Commissioners Has Hurt the Agency’s Morale Joe Albanese The Federal Election Commission’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) ...

Daily Media Links 8/2: Imbalance of Campaign Cash Doesn’t Bother Democrats This Election, In the Hillary Clinton Era, Democrats Welcome Lobbying Money Back Into the Convention, and more…

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August 2, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

In the News Oklahoman: Citizens United remains one of Democrats’ favorite boogeymen Editorial Board It was Obama who famously sounded the alarm about Citizens ...

Daily Media Links 8/1: The DNC Leak Shows How Vulnerable This Election Is To Hacking, Here’s what rich people get when they donate millions to politicians, and more…

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August 1, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

Dangers of Disclosure NBC News: Hack of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ‘Similar’ to DNC Breach Josh Meyer, Alex Moe, and Tracy Connor Another Democratic ...

Daily Media Links 7/29: The SEC’s twisty argument to toss pay-to-play muni bond rule challenge, Campaign funding legislation left languishing, and more…

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July 29, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

In the News Bloomberg BNA: D.C. Circuit to Hear Challenge to Contribution Limits Kenneth P. Doyle The case set for en banc argument involves ...

Daily Media Links 7/28: Obsessed With Need To Control Others, Political Busybodies And Judges Trample On Liberty, New IRS notification process announced for 501(c)(4) nonprofits, and more…

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July 28, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

In the News Center for Individual Freedom: The First Amendment in Peril Bradley Smith, Chairman and Founder of the Center for Competitive Politics and ...

Daily Media Links 7/27: Money, influence are here to stay: Opposing view, Report: FEC Leaders, managers share blame for horrid morale, and more…

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July 27, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

In the News  USA Today: Money, influence are here to stay: Opposing view David Keating Money and influence are never going to disappear from ...

Daily Media Links 7/26: Here’s What You Won’t Hear About Citizens United at the Democratic National Convention This Week, IRS Gives Opposite Rulings to Convention Committees, and more…

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July 26, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

Citizens United Reason: Here’s What You Won’t Hear About Citizens United at the Democratic National Convention This Week Damon Root Needless to say, you ...

Daily Media Links 7/25: Leaked DNC emails reveal the inner workings of the party’s finance operation, Dumb money: How political mega-donors got it wrong, and more…

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July 25, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

In the News Argus Leader: My Voice: Get ready for the election tax Ben Lee Paying for campaign spending is the worst possible use ...

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