On February 1, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, a Clinton appointee, ruled that the California Secretary of State did not violate the First Amendment when he censored Paul Merritt’s candidate statement in the Voters Guide.Source: U.S. District Court Says California Secretary of State May Censor Candidate Statements in Voter Guide...
With a new set of politically active nonprofits promising to pour millions into ads supporting President Donald Trump’s agenda and cabinet nominees, an FEC decision last month provides a telling reminder of how these groups push the legal limits on their activity — and how difficult it isSource: As pro-Trump nonprofits rev up, regulators stall again...
In the last decade, the Supreme Court has issued a series of 5-4 decisions that eviscerated previously existing campaign finance law, and led to such despised phenomena as super PACs, “dark money” spending, and unlimited corporate and union expenditures.Source: Fact Check: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong in its Money in Politics Decisions...
President Trump has announced that his administration will be launching a major investigation of voter fraud, including those who are registered in more than one state, “those who are illegal” and those voters who are dead but still registered.Source: John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky: Why Trump's probe of voter fraud is long overdue...
His work prompted the president's call to investigate the election—but now, he warns it’s too early to draw firm conclusions.Source: Trump's Favorite Voter-Fraud Activist Hedges His Claims...
Source: Number of Lobbyist Registrations Drops As Lobbyists Find Ways Around Disclosure Rules...
Good morning. Mike McPhate is on vacation. Today’s introduction comes from Adam Nagourney, the Los Angeles bureau chief.Source: California Today: Another Election Is Coming to Los Angeles...
Mike Huckabee, the Republican former Arkansas governor, joined others on Tuesday in pushing back on President Donald Trump’s repeatedly debunked claim that millions of undocumented immigrants voted illegally in the November election and cost him the popular vote.Source: Huckabee pushes back on Trump's debunked voter fraud claim...
WASHINGTON ― Republican lawmakers in South Dakota are ready to declare a legislative emergency so that they quickly and completely wipe out an ethics and campaign finance reform law adopted by popular vote in November. The measure, known as IM-22, passed with 52 percent of the vote.Source: South Dakota GOP Rushes To Repeal Ethics Reforms Passed By Voters...
There is ample reason to conclude that the new Trump administration and Congress may roll back some of the laws that were intended to protect our democracy, including those ensuring equal access to the ballot and limiting the disproportionate influence of money in the political process.Source: Why it’s up to states and cities to protect our democracy...
