Constitutional and Practical Issues with Arkansas House Bill 1425

February 24, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

House Bill 1425 proposes to regulate speech and creates massive new government reporting requirements for speakers. Many provisions in the bill are unconstitutionally vague ...

Practical Issues with Utah House Bill 60

February 23, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

This legislation runs contrary to prevailing academic research, which shows that contribution limits will neither decrease corruption, nor produce “good” government, nor improve public ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Montana Senate Bill 289

February 18, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , ,

Senate Bill 289 regulates an expansive amount of speech, and various sections of this measure are unconstitutionally vague. Legislators considering this measure should tread ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota Senate File 154

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

Various sections of this measure are unconstitutionally vague. Senate File 154 regulates an expansive amount of speech, including books and websites. The bill’s disclosure ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota Senate File 92

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

Depending on one’s reading of this hopelessly vague bill, it goes as far as to outright ban corporate funding of independent expenditures – in ...

Constitutional and Practical Issues with Minnesota House File 375

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , , , ,

Depending on one’s reading of this hopelessly vague bill, it goes as far as to outright ban corporate funding of independent expenditures – in ...

Constitutional Issues with New Mexico Senate Bill 384

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

The provisions of S.B. 384 would ultimately chill protected speech by mandating the disclosure of donors to organizations that are engaged solely in issue ...

Constitutional Issues with New Mexico House Bill 278

February 17, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

The provisions of H.B. 278 would ultimately chill protected speech by mandating the disclosure of donors to organizations that are engaged solely in issue ...

Brad Smith’s Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Response to McCutcheon v. FEC

January 16, 2015   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

On October 9, 2014, the Commission issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Response to McCutcheon v. FEC, 134 S. Ct. 1434 (2014). ...

Letter: Need For Proper Rulemaking Processes and Analyses in Upcoming IRS Proposal

December 19, 2014   •  By Joe Trotter   •  ,

Just over a year ago, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Treasury published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) for the stated ...

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