First Amendment and Campaigns

Changing Perspectives Senators’ Newfound Support for Amending the First Amendment By Luke Wachob Introduction A group of forty-two Senators[1] have sponsored an amendment to ...

On Monday, the Heritage Foundation hosted a panel of campaign finance experts to discuss recent developments such as the McCutcheon v. FEC Supreme Court ...

On June 2, 2014, the Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) filed comments before Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler supporting Citizens United’s Petition for ...

Sen. Ted Cruz has an excellent article on the proposal to amend the First Amendment in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.  At the ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee will soon hold a hearing on S.J. Res. 19, a constitutional amendment to restrict First Amendment rights proposed by Senator ...

In February 2014, the Center for Competitive Politics began representing Citizen Outreach, a 501(c)(4) that allegedly ran afoul of Nevada campaign finance law in ...

No election cycle would be complete without a little hysterical media coverage about spending on campaign advertisements. Stories about money in politics are an ...

I spent a little more than three months at CCP defending your right to free and unhindered speech, and I would gladly do it ...

Outside of Ohio, one might find it odd that a state government panel exists to determine the “truthiness” of campaign ads. However, under Ohio’ s ...

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics, I respectfully submit the following comments concerning House Bill 1340, which is currently being considered by ...