Democrats Join Trump in Seeking Balance by Policing Speech
Donald Trump wants to regulate social media, while Democrats want to regulate political spending. Both are prepared to sacrifice freedom of speech on the altar of fairness, balance, and equality.read more
View ArticleNational Review: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals Was Wrong to Rule That...
By no traditional legal measure of “control” does Trump control his Twitter account. Twitter owns and controls his account, and he has no legal right to wrest control of it from Twitter…read more
View ArticleFirst Amendment Likely Bars Arizonas Withdrawal of Tax Benefits to Nike Over...
Umbehr (1996). And while that case involved traditional payment-for-service contracting, the logic of the case would apply to financial incentives such as those involved in the Nike case.read more
View ArticleNJ dark money law faces first lawsuit challenging requirement to name secret...
A libertarian advocacy nonprofit filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging New Jersey’s newly signed “dark money” law that requires political groups to reveal their big-spending funders, legislation...
View ArticleMedia Manager Institute for Free Speech Washington, DC
The Institute for Free Speech is searching for a detail-oriented, intellectually curious, and driven Media Manager with strong writing skills, impeccable judgment, and media savvy to assist with...
View ArticleUnlimited Donations to Candidates, Coming Soon?
The Court has turned down numerous challenges to the soft-money portion of McConnell, which still stands. It has repeatedly turned down an attempt to reverse a 2003 case, which held that corporations...
View ArticlePanel OKs Lawsuit Over Arrest for Police Parody Page
A parody Facebook account of an Ohio police department that landed a local man in jail falls under speech protected by the First Amendment, the Sixth Circuit ruled unanimously Monday…read more
View ArticleSenator Kamala Harriss Rise Fueled by Big Money Donations, Including Donald...
To solicit donations for her presidential campaign, Kamala Harris tweeted on July 31, “Trump has mega-donors, huge corporations, and dark-money PACs willing to cut blank checks to buy him four more...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortezs Chief of Staff Resigns Is Under Federal Investigation
The PACs, states a Federal Election Commission filing, “funneled more than $1 million in political donations into two private companies that Chakrabarti also incorporated and controlled.”read more
View ArticleConservative Justices Are Political Hacks, Five Senators Argue While Urging...
The idea that there is something sinister about trying to influence the law through strategic litigation, aided by financial support from people who support the cause, is hard to take seriously. Would...
View ArticleThis piece originally appeared in The Oregonian on August 22, 2019.
Successful political campaigns have simple ingredients: a message voters believe in, a candidate they can trust, and enough resources to get the word out by Election Day. A constitutional amendment to...
View ArticleThe Technology 202: Facebook and Twitters action on accounts tied to China...
The revelations are already intensifying calls on Capitol Hill for Congress to take action to address disinformation on social media as the 2020 election approaches. Lawmakers have scrutinized the ways...
View ArticleNew Jersey Law Journal: Dark Money Disclosure Law Goes Beyond Constitutional...
It is not often that the ACLU and NJ Right to Life are on the same page, but S-1500 has galvanized issue advocacy organizations in opposition, objecting to the onerous reporting requirements it...
View ArticleNew York Law Journal: NY Ethics Law Requiring Issue Advocacy Groups to...
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York wrote in a decision handed down late Monday that the law couldn’t survive a measure against the right to free speech.read more
View ArticleThe summer of 2019 was the summer of harassment for people who support...
Rep. Joaquin Castro’s tweet doxxing constituents who donated to President Trump’s campaign rightly drew criticism of the Texas Democrat from people of all stripes. Then, unfounded accusations that...
View ArticleConservative group fights donor disclosure rules
The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, founded by Pepperell businessman and GOP congressional candidate Rick Green, has sued Attorney General Maura Healey and the state Office of Campaign and Political...
View ArticleReason: Los Angeles Bans Developers From Making Campaign Donations
In the midst of an affordable housing crisis, Los Angeles politicians have decided to reduce their own incentives to approve more development. On Wednesday, the city council voted unanimously to ban...
View ArticleJustices Take Up Ban on Encouraging Illegal Immigration
The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on free speech and immigration after it agreed Friday to decide the constitutionality of a federal law that criminalizes encouraging undocumented immigrants...
View ArticleDaily Caller: Democrats Want A New, Partisan Majority At FEC To Regulate...
When will the Federal Election Commission be open for business? The House Committee on Administration is set to hold a hearing on the issue on Sept.read more
View ArticleWe need to clean house at the Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission may be the worst way to regulate political contributions and spending: except for all the alternatives, that is.read more
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