Your tax dollars for their elections? No thanks

February 8, 2019   •  By Eric Peterson   •  ,

Taxpayer funding of campaigns as designed by H.R. 1 is likely to help incumbents and established candidates who already have large fundraising networks in ...

Stop saying HR1 is ‘For the People’ when it’s only ‘For the Politicians’

February 6, 2019   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

What if members of Congress told you the only way to preserve democracy in America was to give them more power over how Americans ...

Don’t believe the gripes: Politicians just love to complain about their opponent’s money

February 5, 2019   •  By Eric Peterson   •  ,

As the jockeying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has begun, too many pundits are buying into politicians’ self-serving attacks against other candidates’ supporters.

9 years after Citizens United, the decision lives rent-free in liberals’ heads

January 22, 2019   •  By Eric Peterson   •  ,

Does the government have the power to suppress a film if it criticizes a candidate running for office?

Russia isn’t out to decide our elections, they want to divide us and damage our country

January 4, 2019   •  By Eric Wang   •  ,

Like an Internet meme promoting a narrative, many now say Russia’s online propaganda in America was focused on interfering with the 2016 elections. Federal ...

Donald Trump’s Hush Money Did Not Violate Campaign-Finance Law

December 18, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

In order for the prohibition on personal use of campaign funds to have any force, it cannot depend on the candidate’s subjective intent to ...

A proactive measure to protect privacy

December 17, 2018   •  By Zac Morgan   •  , ,

Enactment of the Personal Privacy Protection Act will be a victory for the First Amendment right to support the causes we believe in.

Michael Cohen plea turns campaign donations into slush fund for bad behavior

December 14, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

This theory of the law would transform campaign finance donations from money used only to pay for a campaign to persuade the public, to ...

Michael Cohen Pled Guilty to Something That Is Not a Crime

December 13, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The prosecutor is twisting campaign-finance law.

Record campaign spending for election is good for democracy

November 19, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

Election Day is like the Kentucky Derby for political nerds. It does not happen out of nowhere. A lot of people donate a lot ...

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