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Welcome to the new Center for Competitive Politics
Wait, don’t go back a page – if you’re looking for The Center for Competitive Politics, you’ve found it. We look a little different but it’s merely a part of our master plan to be the most efficient and timely portal for all things related to defending and promoting the First Amendment political rights of speech, assembly, and petition.
The Anniversary of Citizens United
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Today, you will hear a lot about the so-called corrosive [...]
“Citizens United: The end of Democracy as we know it.”
We love the campaign finance reform community. Almost every day, they give us something to chuckle about. For example, the Louisiana State Bar Association featured a debate yesterday between Jim Bopp and Robert Weissman under the title “Citizens United v. FEC: The End of Democracy as We Know It?” Is that even debateable? Since January [...]
FEC Investigations are No Joke
Last night, The Colbert Report and The Daily Show continued their on-going gag involving the “Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC”. We’ve embedded the clip below, where Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (with call-in legal advice from former FEC Commissioner Trevor Potter) get as close to the line of “not coordinating” as humanly [...]
Brad Smith on APM’s Marketplace
As the anniversary of Citizens United rolls around and we begin an election year, Super PACs and the role they play has piqued public interest. CCP Chairman Brad Smith was on American Public Media’s Marketplace Thursday morning to discuss why Republican super PACs are out raising their competitors …
