Massachusetts Businesses and Labor Unions Are Entitled to the Same Free Speech Rights

December 13, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

The ability of businesses and unions to participate in electoral politics has long been a contentious topic, particularly in the years since Citizens United ...

“Drain the Swamp” Means Different Things for Trump Supporters and Speech Regulation Supporters

December 6, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

As the Trump Administration begins to take shape, the media and pro-regulation voices have honed in on the President-elect’s prospective cabinet and its fidelity ...

Steyer’s Plan to Challenge Trump is Healthy for Free Speech Environment

December 5, 2016   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , ,

In response to Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton on Election Day, environmental activist and Democratic donor Tom Steyer has promised to continue to ...

In Defense of Protests

November 28, 2016   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , ,

After the election of Donald Trump, those unhappy with the results began protesting across the country. The #NotMyPresident movement is almost certainly futile – ...

Should Candidates Have Control Over Who Can Speak About Elections?

November 15, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

Unsuccessful candidates often blame their loss on an opponent’s spending. Sometimes those complaints are lodged at better-funded candidates, sometimes at the media, and other ...

Trump Supporters (and Most Americans) Couldn’t Care Less About His “Self-Funding” Flip Flop

November 14, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

If there’s one thing that’s obvious about the 2016 election cycle, it’s that it was huge for outsider candidates. Besides Donald Trump’s surprise victory, ...

Money Doesn’t Buy Elections: 2016 Presidential Election Edition

November 9, 2016   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

With the election of Donald Trump and the defeat of Hillary Clinton, we are reminded once again that the role of money in politics ...

Super PAC Funding Comes Overwhelmingly from Individuals, Again

November 4, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

Data from the 2016 election continues to undermine a key prediction made by critics of Citizens United in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ...

Activists are Already Trying to Rewrite the History of the 2016 Election

November 2, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

The 2016 election will conclude next week, but efforts to establish an interpretative narrative of it have already begun. After failing to make their ...

What would happen if the media talked about itself the way it talks about “dark money” groups?

November 1, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

A shadowy organization based in Washington, D.C., recently spent an undisclosed sum attempting to swing elections in far-off places such as South Dakota and ...

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