Political Spending

The following post is adapted from my 2012 essay, “Spending and Amending: The Past and Future of Citizens United.” It evaluates four major predictions, ...

The following post is adapted from my 2012 essay, “Spending and Amending: The Past and Future of Citizens United.” It evaluates four major predictions, identified in ...

The following post is adapted from my 2012 essay, “Spending and Amending: The Past and Future of Citizens United.” It evaluates four major predictions, ...

Note: An earlier version of this post incorrectly claimed that Walden Asset Management had submitted a proposal at Praxair, and that they encouraged shareholders ...

A piece in The New York Times today called “S.E.C. Gets Plea: Force Companies to Disclose Donations” is a good place to begin discussion ...

UPDATE: Public Citizen’s Taylor Lincoln, an author of the report, has provided a response to this post. In keeping with our high regard for ...

The federal suit, Carey et al v. FEC, asks the FEC to acknowledge what the courts have already decided: that any political action committee may ...

The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article last week about funding the Inauguration.  Titled “Obama Considers Corporate Funding for Inauguration,” the article looks ...

Should we worry when money and politics mix? Common wisdom suggests that large campaign contributions can corrupt politicians and disenfranchise regular voters. However, Prof. ...

Prof. Bradley Smith illustrates some ways money is used in practice to ensure people have free speech. For example, money used to build a ...