This ABC News story discusses Jim Bopp and the finances and litigation efforts aimed at campaign finance reform laws. ABC News has learned that Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D.-N.Y., have been talking with the White House and top Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias to plot out possible remedies […]
Category: Const Law Issues
Citizens United, Prop. 8., and “quashing public discourse”
The Times discusses the Supreme Court’s move against televising the Prop. 8 trial in an editorial today. The courtroom battle now unfolding bears close watching, and the Supreme Court should not stand in the way of Americans viewing it and reaching educated judgments. Rick Hasen notes here that the order cites appellant’s brief and the […]
Brookings campaign finance event tomorrow, but no Citizens United to mull
Brookings will hold an event at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow: “Campaign Reform in the Networked Age: Fostering Participation through Small Donors and Volunteers.” I hope to attend and post some photos later on. On January 14, a joint project of the Campaign Finance Institute, American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution will unveil a new report […]