Significant Constitutional and Practical Issues with Oklahoma Senate Bill 579

April 4, 2017   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics (the “Center”), I respectfully submit the following comments concerning constitutional and practical issues with portions of ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with California Assembly Bill 1104

March 27, 2017   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics (“the Center”) I respectfully submit the following comments on constitutional and practical issues with Assembly Bill ...

Significant Constitutional and Practical Issues with Washington House Bill 1807

March 20, 2017   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics, I am writing you today to respectfully submit the following comments regarding the constitutional and practical ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with New Mexico Senate Bill 96

March 14, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics (“the Center”), we respectfully submit the following comments on constitutional issues with portions of Senate Bill ...

Still Overbroad and Still Dangerous: Arkansas H.B. 1005 Threatens Nonprofit Groups’ Speech

March 14, 2017   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

As amended by the sponsor on March 14, 2017, House Bill 1005 now contains only two major provisions. The first regulates “coordinated communications,” and ...

House Floor Amendment 1 to Kentucky Senate Bill 75: A Threat to Nonprofit Groups’ Speech and Kentuckians’ Privacy

March 7, 2017   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

On March 6, 2017, Rep. James Kay filed House Floor Amendment 1 (“H.F.A. 1”) to Senate Bill 75. While S.B. 75 on its own ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Nebraska Legislative Bill 252

March 2, 2017   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

If Legislative Bill 252 becomes law as written, there is a high likelihood that the law will be found unconstitutional if challenged in court. ...

Analysis of South Carolina S. 255: An Unconstitutional Bill Seeking to Reshuffle the Titanic’s Deck Chairs – After the Ship Has Sunk Already

February 9, 2017   •  By Eric Wang   •  , , ,

The Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) provides the following analysis of the bill designated as S. 255[3] to regulate certain “campaign practices,” which is ...

Comments to FEC Regarding Notice 2016-11: Rulemaking Petition: Political Party Rules

January 30, 2017   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  , ,

The Center disagrees with Petitioners’ assertion that citizens pose a threat to the existence “of political parties at the state and local level”[5] when ...

Comments to FEC Regarding Notice 2016-10: Rulemaking Petition: Implementing the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

January 30, 2017   •  By Allen Dickerson   •  , ,

The Center generally urges the Commission to enact the Petition’s suggested amendments. In implementing the Appropriations Act, however, the Commission’s regulations should carefully conform ...

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