From the Federal Election Commission Blog comes word (see Jan. 15, 2010 post) that new and improved datasets are available for certain disbursement and other information. This will include, for example, details for all contributions from individual people where the aggregate amount the person has given to a committee exceeds $200. Similarly, all payments by […]
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Eisen, Schumer, and Van Hollen plot Citizens United response
Politico reports on White House legislative efforts in response to Citizens United. On Friday, Obama’s point man on the issue, White House ethics lawyer Norm Eisen, met with staffers for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to discuss legislative proposals to discourage massive special interest advertising campaigns.
Citizens United and express advocacy: Footnote 8 v. Footnote 52
The Stevens dissent in Citizens United explains: If there was ever any significant uncertainty about what counts as the functional equivalent of express advocacy, there has been little doubt about what counts as express advocacy since the “magic words” test of Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U. S. 1, 44, n. 52 (1976) (per curiam). Footnote […]