Commentary

Imagine you lived in a state where it was illegal to express too much support for a candidate. Such a law would be a ...

When you stretch the law to “get” a political opponent, it’s rarely possible to return the law to its original shape. Which brings us ...

Five years into his jail sentence for corruption, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is down to his last appeal, now at the U.S. Supreme ...

Incumbent politicians have a lot of advantages in campaigns. They have a network of donors to call on for support. They have an in ...

When they signed the Declaration of Independence, the Founders pledged their “lives … fortunes, and … sacred honor” to the political cause they were ...

Imagine you lived in a state where it was illegal to express too much support for a candidate. Such a law would be a ...

Incumbent politicians have a lot of advantages in campaigns. They have a network of donors to call on for support. They have an in ...

Imagine you lived in a state where it was illegal to express too much support for a candidate. Such a law would be a ...

Incumbent politicians have a lot of advantages in campaigns. They have a network of donors to call on for support. They have an in ...

By David Keating and Thomas Wheatley Under Maine campaign law, an independent expenditure is "any [independent] communication that expressly advocates the election or defeat of ...