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Daily Media Links 2/22: Nearly $100 million in super PAC money couldn’t save Jeb Bush, Supreme Court Appointment Could Reshape American Life, and more…

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February 22, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News Wall Street Journal: The Super Pac Bust WSJ Editorial Board Campaign fundraising may preoccupy the press corps, but it isn’t dominating ...

Daily Media Links 2/19: FEC Chairman Hopes ‘Smaller Things’ Grow Consensus, Senate Republicans Face Ire From Editorial Boards Over Supreme Court Stance, and more…

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February 19, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

FEC Bloomberg: FEC Chairman Hopes ‘Smaller Things’ Grow Consensus Kenneth P. Doyle Matthew Petersen, the Federal Election Commission’s Republican chairman for 2016, has a ...

Daily Media Links 2/18: Big-money liberals vow to back Bernie whether he likes it or not, Justice Scalia and Campaign Finance: A Puzzle, and more…

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February 18, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News The Hill: The future of politics and regulation Paul Jossey In 1964 the Supreme Court declared “a profound national commitment to ...

Daily Media Links 2/17: Bork to the Future, ‘Not My Money’: Hillary and Bernie Distance Themselves from Supportive Super PACs, and more…

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February 17, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Supreme Court Wall Street Journal: Bork to the Future James Taranto So: Senate Democrats tried to filibuster a Supreme Court nominee in 1967, applied ...

Daily Media Links 2/16: Progressives’ anti-free speech itch, The Supreme Court After Scalia, and more…

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February 16, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

CCP We give Fact Checker one-half Pinocchio: Super PACs and our complex campaign finance system Brad Smith Back when I was serving as Chairman ...

Daily Media Links 2/15: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies at 79

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February 15, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In Memoriam: Justice Antonin Scalia Wall Street Journal: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies at 79 Jess Bravin Justice Antonin Scalia, who during three ...

Daily Media Links 2/12: Washington’s culture of corruption rots on, Donald Trump and Citizens United: A Modest Proposal, and more…

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February 12, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News Newsweek: Blame Me for the Explosion In Super-PAC Ads David Keating Money isn’t speech and neither Citizens United nor SpeechNow says ...

Daily Media Links 2/11: Funny or Die Made a Trump Biopic, Starring Johnny Depp, Sanders’s claim that he ‘does not have a super PAC’, and more…

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February 11, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

Corporate Speech New York Times: Funny or Die Made a Trump Biopic, Starring Johnny Depp Brooks Barnes The humor website Funny or Die on ...

Daily Media Links 2/10: Trump, Sanders victorious in New Hampshire primaries, Forced donor disclosure is bad for democracy, and more…

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February 10, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News Wall Street Journal: Campaign Finance Confusion Center for Competitive Politics President David Keating on the Republican presidential candidate’s comments on campaign-finance ...

Daily Media Links 2/9: Clinton Surrogate Howard Dean Says Labor Unions Are Just Super PACs That Democrats Like, Jeb Bush would ‘eliminate’ Citizens United, and more…

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February 9, 2016   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

In the News Washington Times: An alternative to nonstop political fundraising Eric Wang If Mr. Jolly is correct that members spend too much time ...

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