Where’s the corruption in speaking to voters?

June 10, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

This week, Senate Democrats unveiled their plan to get favorable media coverage this election season: grandstand on a package of nonstarter proposals to radically ...

Are Plutocrats Really Uniting?

May 13, 2016   •  By Paul Jossey   •  , ,

The anti-First Amendment Campaign Legal Center recently hosted noted election-law professor Rick Hasen to discuss his book ‘Plutocrats United.’ Hasen presented the book’s “reform” ...

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 ...

Who’s in on the Dirty Secret behind Tax-Financed Campaigns?

April 23, 2016   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

A little-noticed, but interesting op-ed from Public Citizen lobbyist Craig Holman appeared in The Washington Post recently advocating for tax-financed campaigns in Washington D.C. ...

The FEC, LLCs, and Political Contribution Disclosure

April 16, 2016   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

Recently, there’s been a flap at the FEC about whether the Commission should have found certain actors were in violation of the laws governing ...

The Future and Past of the IRS Scandal

April 15, 2016   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

  What is the Future of political activism at the IRS and the Department of Justice? That question kicked off a lively panel discussion ...

LLCs and Politics at the FEC

April 12, 2016   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

Recently, and to significant commentary, the Federal Election Commission released dueling statements explaining the Commission’s decision not to pursue complaints brought by the Campaign ...

How to Use Campaign Finance Data to Mislead the Public

April 9, 2016   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , ,

Corporations are “distorting our democracy” – at least according to activists Bruce F. Freed and Marian Currinder, writing in U.S. News and World Report. ...

Too Much Disclosure Misinforms Voters

April 7, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

A trio of news stories from the past few weeks illustrates how too much disclosure information can mislead the voters it is supposed to ...

“Reformers” Can’t Decide Which Election Money Is Buying

March 1, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

The rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders and the flops of the Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Rick Perry campaigns illustrate, yet again, ...

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