Brad Smith, chairman and co-founder of the Center for Competitive Politics. He is a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission. Read more…
In the News: WBUR: Big Money In The 2012 Campaign
Published on June 26, 2012
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In the News: Huffington Post: Citizens United Montana Sequel: Supreme Court Ruling Panned By Reformers, Politicians
Published on June 26, 2012
By Paul Blumenthal The Center for Competitive Politics, a group supportive of Citizens United and money in politics, said in a blog post on its website, “The First Amendment means the same thing in Montana as it does everywhere else in the country: people, no matter their associative status, may speak freely about politics.” Read [...]
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In the New: Boston Globe: Supreme Court reaffirms Citizens United ruling
Published on June 26, 2012
By Tracy Jan Bradley Smith, a professor at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, and former member of the Federal Election Commission, said none of the horror stories some said would come out of the 2010 decision have materialized. “This fear that corporations would basically dictate policy and drive everybody else out, there is [...]
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In the News: The Hill: Supreme Court summarily reverses Montana’s Citizens United case
Published on June 26, 2012
By Rachel Leven Center for Competitive Politics founder Brad Smith said the decision “is correct, both empirically and as a matter of law.” Read more…
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In the News: National Review: Montana’s Citizens United Challenge Fails
Published on June 25, 2012
Montana’s Citizens United Challenge Fails By Bradley A. Smith Today’s Supreme Court summary reversal of the Montana Supreme Court’s ruling that Citizens United v. FEC somehow didn’t apply to Montana is hardly surprising. A few first reactions: 1. The Court really had no choice. Montana’s case was that it is so uniquely corrupt that surely [...]
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In the News: NPR: Supreme Court Says Montana Cannot Ignore ‘Citizens United’ Ruling
Published on June 25, 2012
NPR: Supreme Court Says Montana Cannot Ignore ‘Citizens United’ Ruling By Peter Overby The state of Montana has lost a closely watched bid to challenge Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that lets corporations deploy their money to help or attack specific candidates. Citizens United dramatically loosened the restraints on corporate involvement in political campaigns. It [...]
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In the News: LA Times: After winning right to spend, political groups fight for secrecy
Published on June 25, 2012
By Joseph Tanfani and Melanie Mason Bradley A. Smith, a Republican and former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, is among those whose views have changed on disclosure. In 2003, he endorsed disclosing donors as a way to discourage corruption by “exposing potential or actual conflicts of interest.” But later, he said, he concluded that [...]
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In the News: Daily Caller: Supreme Court upholds Citizens United decision
Published on June 25, 2012
By Angelica Malik Smith said in a statement, “In the two years since Citizens United, campaigns have been more competitive and more issue-oriented, with higher voter turnout and more voices heard.” Read more…
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The Supremacy Clause. It’s a Thing.
Published on June 25, 2012
Today, in two paragraphs, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge by the state of Montana to blithely ignore the Court’s holding in Citizens United. For centuries, from Marbury v. Madison to this case, the Supreme Court has consistently held that its interpretation of the Constitution is supreme and final over state courts. After all, the United States [...]
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Daily Media Links 6/18: How Government Stifles Grassroots Political Advocacy, Supreme Court Considering Case That Defies Citizens United Ruling, and more…
Published on June 18, 2012
In the News National Review: How Government Stifles Grassroots Political Advocacy By Bradley A. Smith Earlier today Senator McConnell gave a major address at the American Enterprise Institute, criticizing efforts, both formal and informal, to silence political speakers. Senator McConnell’s welcome speech was aimed at countering the post–Citizens United effort of some on the left, including [...]
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