Month: October 2016

CONGRATS!   WP.  It’s great to see the attention that my alma mater is getting due to its name change, which has been accompanied with a steady rise in its  law school ranking:   “George Mason’s new association with Scalia has drawn unprecedented attention to the 600-student law school. U.S. News and World Report ranks the […]

DONOR SPOTLIGHT.  WP.  “Super PACs seeking to influence the 2016 elections have collected more than $1 billion, a record haul driven by jumbo-sized contributions from rich donors on both sides of the aisle.” THREAT OF GOVERNMENT POWER.  WE.  “Ann Ravel, a former FEC chairwoman, joined other Democrats at a meeting this month to block Republican Lee […]

MEANING OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE.  SCPR.  “As the general election on Nov. 8 draws closer, you’re hearing more and more about donor limits, dark money, super PACs and other campaign jargon that attempts to describe the role of money in the U.S. political process.” SWING DONOR LAUNCH.  CDN.  “Three Cornell graduates launched a New York-based, non-partisan […]