Late last week the opinion in Unity 08 v. FEC was announced. The opinion is here. The interesting case involves political committee status and the reviewability of Federal Election Commission advisory opinions.
An Indiana candidate has pleaded guilty in a campaign finance case. E-mails were the smoking gun that shot down Matt Kelty’s political career and led him to plead guilty on the day the ex-Republican mayoral candidate’s political corruption trial was set to begin. In the e-mails, it shows Kelty covers up the fact political benefactor […]
The Times reports that the Obama campaign “has upended standards for raising money in presidential campaigns.” The impact on the way presidential campaigns are financed is likely to be profound, potentially providing an epitaph on the tombstone of the existing public finance system.