Soon-to-be former Democratic FEC chair tried to politicize the bipartisan commission

March 1, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Federal Election Commissioner Ann Ravel announced this week her intent to resign on March 1, two months before the expiration of her term. By ...

Brad Smith: Whitehouse measure assaults constitutional rights

February 24, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

The year is 2019. The government sends in a SWAT team to seize any corporate property it wants without the due process or just ...

Dark money bill chills free speech

February 16, 2017   •  By Eric Wang   •  , ,

According to a recent Post and Courier editorial, a campaign finance bill before the state Senate would bring greater transparency to so-called “dark money” ...

Obama was no one’s hero when it came to money in politics

February 8, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

For eight years, left-leaning groups like Common Cause, Public Citizen, and the Brennan Center for Justice pressured President Obama to do something, anything about ...

Gorsuch’s record shows strong support for the First Amendment view of campaign finance laws

February 6, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

President Trump made perhaps his most important decision to date with the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. In Gorsuch, Trump ...

Possible expansion of lobbying restrictions threaten First Amendment

February 3, 2017   •  By Eric Wang   •  ,

President Trump’s immigration executive order has dominated the spotlight this week. Meanwhile, Washington’s so-called “influence industry” – and those seeking to influence the regulation ...

Will Trump Cause Liberals to Rethink Campaign Finance Reform?

February 1, 2017   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Pushing to overturn Citizens United. Urging the IRS to police political activity. Proposing to replace the independent Federal Election Commission with an agency controlled ...

Upholding Constitution with repeal of IM 22

January 31, 2017   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , ,

The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. Period. When any law violates the Constitution, every government official should work to fix the ...

Judge Neil Gorsuch’s First Amendment Decisions Show Respect for Free Speech

January 30, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  ,

Judge Gorsuch has written or joined opinions in two notable First Amendment cases while on the Tenth Circuit: Riddle v. Hickenlooper (2014), and Doe ...

Judge Thomas Hardiman’s Rulings on the First Amendment Are a Mixed Bag (In the News)

January 30, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  ,

We found four cases relevant to First Amendment speech freedoms where Judge Hardiman either wrote or joined an opinion. Additionally, he voted against a ...

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