Month: November 2010

What Citizens United meant and didn’t mean for 2010

Reason’s Jacob Sullum discusses. I am not saying Citizens United had no impact on independent spending. Groups like Karl Rove’s American Crossroads GPS (a 501(c)(4) spinoff of the 527 group American Crossroads) were created especially to take advantage of the freedom allowed by the decision. But its impact on the overall level of independent spending […]

Pressure for deal on DISCLOSE

The Times supports the DISCLOSE Act in this editorial this morning. The Democratic majority leader, Harry Reid, back from the brink of defeat in an election rife with murky check writers, needs to push hard and be ready to deal. The lame-duck session offers the last realistic chance for a donor disclosure law before secretive […]