Following discussions with participants in the First Tuesday Lunch Group, a bipartisan discussion group of public policy practitioners, we have revised The Curious History of Schedule B legal analysis published last week into a new one, called “Revising the Nixon ‘Enemies List,’ Using IRS FormSource: Reviving the Nixon “Enemies List,” Using IRS Form 990, Schedule B...
Privacy in Focus has been tracking developments in the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of three petitions for certiorari seeking Court review of the California Attorney General’s (AG) mandatory donor-disclosure rule for nonprofit organizations.Source: Political Privacy Law Update...
Steak dinners with lobbyists, overseas trips, favors for spouses — nonprofits set up by California legislators and their staffers are testing campaign finance laws even as they underwrite good works by elected officials. Here as elsewhere, they're on the rise.Source: The new thing for California politicians? Sweet charity...
Allies of Donald Trump have begun holding events in black communities where organizers lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees.Source: Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters...
(Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images) Former “dark money” giant Americans for Job Security has walked out from the shadows, disclosing its donors last week following years of complaints and lawsuits filed by ethics watchdogs.Source: GOP heavy hitters, Trump cabinet members revealed as donors to anti-Obama ‘dark money’ group...
“There is no question that public disclosure of donor identities burdens the First Amendment rights to free speech and free association” the federal judge wrote.Source: NY Ethics Law Requiring Issue Advocacy Groups to Disclose Donors Is Struck Down as Unconstitutional...
The Treasury Department and IRS on Friday issued proposed rules to reduce donor disclosure requirements for certain tax-exempt groups after a federal judge set aside guidance the agencies had previously released on the topic because it hadn’t gone through a notice and comment period.Source: IRS issues proposed rules to reduce donor disclosure requirements following court ruling...
Lexology: “Dark Money” Gets a Little Light: CREW v. FEC and Its Implications for the 2018 MidtermsSource: Lexology: “Dark Money” Gets a Little Light: CREW v. FEC and Its Implications for the 2018 Midterms (In the News)...
Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: ‘Dark money’ in politics is about to get lighter...
Advocacy groups pouring money into independent campaigns to impact this fall’s midterm races must disclose many of their political donors beginning this week after the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a long-running case.Source: Political nonprofits must now name many of their donors under federal court ruling after Supreme Court declines to intervene...
