Super PACs are simply groups of like-minded citizens pooling their resources to support or oppose political candidates independently of those candidates’ campaigns. The product of a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals decision in SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission, super PACs have ensured that Americans do not lose their First Amendment rights when they join together in groups. Super PACs are…
Today is the third anniversary of SpeechNow.org v. FEC, the case brought by the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) that created the ‘super PAC.’ ...
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 ...
Well this is certainly an interesting development. David Axelrod, the former top political adviser to President Barack Obama, called for the end of candidate ...
As we enjoy the relative radio silence of all things related to super PACs, campaign finance, the influence of the misnamed “dark” money in ...
An interesting article popped up the other day in a regular search for campaign finance-related news, especially as it relates to emerging technology because ...
Now that everyone’s favorite “Americeptional” individual has shut down his super PAC (not, obviously, because super PACs failed to morph transformer-style into the behemoths ...
What exactly is a Super PAC? Professor Bradley Smith, the former Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, brings some clarity to these controversial groups ...
Super PACs have been and will continue to be a thorn in the side of entrenched political interests. — Brad Smith The third installment ...
Just an interesting note on an emerging issue in the world of campaign finance: The Big Boss had a few thoughts this morning on ...
Stories started appearing roughly two weeks ago that a couple of scientists from MIT had developed a “super PAC app”. Super PAC App, the ...