This Star-Ledger editorial discusses Citizens United. And it could get worse. Sen. Bill Baroni, a Republican attorney and the state Legislature’s leading expert on campaign finance, warns that this decision opens the door to challenges against New Jersey’s pay-to-play laws, and its ban on political spending by casinos, banks, insurers, and utilities. Baroni called for […]
Category: New Jersey
Head of NJ ELEC discusses Citizens United
In this analysis, the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission’s Executive Director Jeff Brindle discusses the potential impact of Citizens United on New Jersey law. New Jersey statutory law seems to be in no imminent danger from a Supreme Court decision that may loosen the rules applicable to corporations and unions. New Jersey has strong […]
Pay to play in New Jersey
NJ.com provides an overview of the New Jersey’s pay to play rules here. Thanks to loopholes in campaign finance laws at the state and county levels, the biggest government contractors in New Jersey routinely get lucrative, taxpayer-funded work while simultaneously making huge contributions to the candidates who vote to approve their contracts.