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Issue Advocacy: A Cornerstone of Democracy
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

The First Amendment protects speech from burdensome government regulation. Until the 1970s, federal law largely did not regulate either campaign speech or issue speech by advocacy groups. That changed with the adoption of the Federal Election Campaign Act. The Act attempted to regulate any speech “relative to a clearly identified candidate.” This law, and the subsequent Supreme Court decision Buckley…

Democratic AGs Double Down on Criminalizing Opposing Views
August 17, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , , ,

Last week, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) penned an op-ed in The Washington Post about the investigations of ExxonMobil by several ...

Utah Agrees to Pay $125,000 in Free Speech Lawsuit

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August 10, 2016   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

State of Utah previously conceded First Amendment violation Alexandria, VA – The state of Utah today told a federal court it would pay $125,000 ...

Broccoli, Islam, Trump, and the Vanishing Line Between Political Speech and Speech
July 19, 2016   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

One of the big problems with campaign finance reform is deciding what speech should be regulated. As Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote, “Every idea is ...

Is Uber “Disrupting Democracy”?
May 10, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Public Citizen has published a new report detailing how Uber Technologies, the company behind the popular ride-sharing app Uber, advocates for regulatory policies that ...

Georgia H.B. 370; Analysis of Proposed Amendment to Regulate So-Called “Election Targeted Issue Advocacy”
March 11, 2016   •  By David Keating   •  , , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) respectfully submits the following comments analyzing a proposed amendment to regulate “election targeted issue advocacy,” which we understand ...

The November Team, et al., v. Joint Commission on Public Ethics

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March 8, 2016   •  By IFS staff   •  , , , , ,

The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) issued a final advisory opinion in January 2016 that would expand the definition of ...

Heroes and Villains in the Gun Control Debate
December 8, 2015   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , ,

Imagine for a moment that billionaire Michael Bloomberg was a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and gun rights. Imagine that, inspired by this ...

Utah Taxpayers Association v. Cox
November 9, 2015   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

When a state decides to regulate the speech of citizen groups, it must specify in an understandable way what speech triggers regulation and detailed ...

Comments to Texas Ethics Commission Regarding August 7, 2015 Revisions to Proposed Tex. Admin. Code § 20.1(20)
October 2, 2015   •  By David Keating   •  , , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) submits these comments in response to the revisions the Texas Ethics Commission (the “Commission”) made at its August ...

Comments to Montana Commissioner of Political Practices on Mont. Admin. Reg. Notice No. 44-2-207
August 18, 2015   •  By Eric Wang   •  , , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) submits these comments in response to your office’s proposed changes to ARM § 44.10.301 et seq., as published ...

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