Wiley Rein’s Election Law Newsletter this month features a description of The DISCLOSE Act. It begins: Despite its name, the DISCLOSE Act (The Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act or Schumer-Van Hollen) is as much about campaign finance bans and prohibitions as about disclosure. Corporations and trade associations must pay […]
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DISCLOSE Act: Democrats’ “blowout preventer?”
The Post takes a hard look at The DISCLOSE Act’s potential to chill and deter speech this morning. The problem is that the bill in Congress goes beyond disclosure, and even its authors say that it could, in practice, limit the involvement of corporations and unions in elections. “The deterrent effect should not be underestimated,” Sen. […]
Elena Kagan, champion of corporate speech rights?
Huffington Post analyzes some of Elena Kagan’s writings on the First Amendment here. Looking at Elena Kagan’s scholarship, I doubt she agrees with Barack Obama and Justice Stevens, who dissented in Citizens United, and suspect she is a defender of corporate speech rights.