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Presidential super PACs raise $49 million through December
Published on February 2, 2012
“I think the regime allows for more spending, which I think is generally a good thing,” said Brad Smith, former FEC commissioner and co-founder of the Center for Competitive Politics. “Added spending helps voters understand the issues and put candidates on a spectrum. It informs voters.” Read more…
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Do Endorsements Matter?
Published on February 1, 2012
What about little-known state legislators and local sheriffs? Even low-level backing can attract the cameras and generate a positive story. Note: Mr. Sabato is on CCP’s Board of Academic Advisors Read more…
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Super Political Action Committees
Published on February 1, 2012
Panelists talked about the influence of “Super PACS” on the 2012 elections and beyond. Per the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, independent expenditure-only committees, “Super PACS,” may may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals to spend unlimited sums in support or in opposition to [...]
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Super PAC Donor Lists Likely Unsurprising
Published on January 31, 2012
Today’s the big day, when all the super PACs reveal where they get the money to create ads that, according to an AP piece that’s been picked up by everyone from The Washington Post to Time Magazine, “have pummeled Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and others for the past two months by spending millions of dollars [...]
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Citizens United, Shareholding Activists, And Political Speech: What Corporate Managers Need To Know
Published on January 24, 2012
By Allen Dickerson As a result, corporations themselves have become a crucial battleground. Politically active, mostly left-leaning, groups have increasingly turned to “activist investing” with the aim of limiting corporate political speech. Read more…
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The War on Political Free Speech
Published on January 23, 2012
By Brad Smith From the start, reaction to Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has bordered on the hysterical. Rep. Alan Grayson (D., Fla.) called it the “worst decision since Dred Scott”—the 1857 decision holding that slaves could never become citizens. In his State of the Union message, within days of the ruling, President Obama [...]
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CCP Comments on Danielczyk
Published on January 11, 2012
Sarah Lee, Communications Director,
Center for Competitive Politics
703.894.6824
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Center for Competitive Politics yesterday filed an amicus brief in U.S. v. Danielczyk, a case that began in May of 2011 when a federal judge in Virginia struck down the ban on direct corporate contributions to federal candidates. The case is currently before the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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SCOTUS Decision Aided Santorum, Campaign Finance Expert Says
Published on January 6, 2012
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Center for Competitive Politics Files Amicus Brief in DeLay Appeal
Published on December 21, 2011
Contact: Sarah Lee, Center for Competitive Politics, 703-894-6800, slee@campaignfreedom.org
Allen Dickerson, Legal Director, Center for Competitive Politics, adickerson@campaignfreedom.org
Benjamin Barr, of counsel, Center for Competitive Politics, Benjamin.barr@gmail.com
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Arguing that laws criminalizing First Amendment conduct must at least be clear, the Center for Competitive Politics filed an amicus brief in the Texas Court of Appeals in DeLay v. State.
For nearly a decade, Tom DeLay and his colleagues have been involved in a legal challenge concerning the constitutionality of the Texas Election Code. The case centers on a complaint filed by Texans for Public Justice alleging that even though DeLay and his associates complied with relevant provisions of Texas election law, their use of election funds was somehow illegal.
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