Commentary

Name a problem in politics, and somebody will blame Citizens United for it. Corruption, gridlock, negative campaigning—but also gun violence, taxes, and bad health-care ...

Imagine you own a business. You make widgets. You have 50 employees, and you are looking to expand. But a local politician, Mayor Grouch, ...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra hit a low note recently during a press conference marking his first 100 days in office. Out of the ...

By David Keating Perhaps you want to limit the right of elected officials, like Eric Greitens, to raise money for advocacy groups. If so, tread ...

Politics is full of people with strong beliefs. Sometimes those beliefs are about principles, like free speech. Other times they are beliefs about facts, ...

Imagine you are a Republican. Would you agree to let the rules of political campaigns be written by a partisan committee selected by Barack ...

By Bradley A. Smith As part of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance "reform" of 2002, virtually everything these local parties do was brought into the web ...

Imagine you are a Republican. Would you agree to let the rules of political campaigns be written by a partisan committee selected by Barack ...

Commentators have debated for months what President Donald Trump’s pledge to “drain the swamp” really means. Many believe that the “swamp” represents so-called “special ...

Campaign finance laws often raise difficult questions about the intersection of free speech and elections, but not every case is a tough one. Some ...