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…
On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics, I am writing you today to respectfully submit the following comments regarding the constitutional and practical ...
On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics (“the Center”), we respectfully submit the following comments on constitutional issues with portions of Senate Bill ...
In 2015, University of New Mexico senior and Lobos basketball guard Hugh Greenwood called out a Twitter bully for attacking his mother, a breast ...
On March 6, 2017, Rep. James Kay filed House Floor Amendment 1 (“H.F.A. 1”) to Senate Bill 75. While S.B. 75 on its own ...
If Legislative Bill 252 becomes law as written, there is a high likelihood that the law will be found unconstitutional if challenged in court. ...
Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is challenging the state of California’s requirement that the organization provide to the state a list of ...
The progressive advocacy group Demos released a study examining the demographics of the “elite donor” class, arguing that its makeup unfairly shapes policy formation ...
According to a recent Post and Courier editorial, a campaign finance bill before the state Senate would bring greater transparency to so-called “dark money” ...
The Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) provides the following analysis of the bill designated as S. 255[3] to regulate certain “campaign practices,” which is ...
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Period. When any law violates the Constitution, every government official should work to fix the ...