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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 ...

You might get harassed like Tucker Carlson for giving to a cause you believe in
November 9, 2018   •  By Eric Peterson   •  , ,

Have we passed the point of civil disagreement in this country? If the scene that played out in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday was any ...

The Mets Aren’t Good, But Free Speech Is
October 25, 2018   •  By Eric Peterson   •  , , ,

The World Series is now underway between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Absent from the Fall Classic due to their ...

When it matters most, Americans can’t speak freely right before Election Day
October 4, 2018   •  By Eric Peterson   •  , , ,

Oppose or support the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, it seems everyone has an opinion about him. Yet at this ...

Fox News: Former FEC chairman Bradley Smith talks campaign finance law (Video)
September 17, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

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