Wed. political law links, 2-19

MCCUTCHEON SPECULATION FRENZY.  Public News Service.  “Another major Supreme Court decision on campaign finance could come as early as next week.”

FIREWALLS AND COORDINATION.  Roll Call.  “When the Supreme Court deregulated independent political spending four years ago, the court reasoned that unrestricted money posed no corruption risk because a firewall separates candidates from their outside benefactors.”

SUPER FANS TO SUPER PACS.  Mother Jones.  “Adam Parkhomenko and Allida Black are unlikely friends; they are the even unlikelier masterminds of Ready for Hillary, a super-PAC that has risen from ragtag origins to become a central component of Hillary Clinton’s shadow presidential campaign-in-waiting.”

WRITING FOR MONEY.  Roll Call.  “Unfortunately, House rules impose tight restrictions on the extent to which members and staffers may earn outside income.”

CFR RECIPE.  Bloomberg.  “We should just go with floors, not ceilings, plus disclosure. What does that mean? Partial public financing so that candidates can mount at least fairly serious campaigns, then allow candidates and parties to take in whatever contributions they want as long as it’s all above-board and disclosed.”

LA:  FIGHTING FOR SUPER PACS.  The Advocate.  “The argument made by The Fund for Louisiana’s Future is that Louisiana violated the First Amendment clause in the U.S. Constitution by capping individual contributions to political action committees at $100,000 per four-year election cycle.”

NY:  PUSH FOR CFR.  Daily Freeman.  “Advocates for public campaign financing said Tuesday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s inclusion of election reforms in his budget proposal give them their best shot for success after decades of inaction.”

PA:  NEW SITE LAUNCH.  FOX43.com.  “Gov. Tom Corbett today announced his administration has launched a revamped, more user-friendly website for Pennsylvanians to view the campaign finance reports of candidates for state legislative and statewide offices.”

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

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