In Defense of Millionaires
In 1996, Bob Dole won the Iowa caucuses and the South Carolina primary, ending the race for the Republican nomination. Dole’s candidacy was backed by Establishment figures, Establishment money, and was...
View ArticleLessig’s Corruption Conundrum
Yesterday, Professor Lawrence Lessig went on Bloomberg Law to discuss his new e-book, One Way Forward. It was a pretty surreal interview. Professor Lessig said the real problem with campaign finance...
View ArticleThe Anniversary of SpeechNow.org and the Rise of the Super PAC
Citizens United gets all of the attention: the protests, the whole being called the “Dred Scott of our generation” thing. But if you really think that super PACs are the root of all evil, then you...
View ArticleThe Supremacy Clause. It’s a Thing.
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...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Upholds Ban on Corporate Contributions in Danielczyk
While every other attorney in the country is reading the lengthy opinion regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, we at CCP offer a much shorter opinion that...
View ArticleHappy Birthday SpeechNow: Thanks for Trusting Us
Today is the third anniversary of SpeechNow.org v. FEC, the case brought by the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) that created the ‘super PAC.’ So today is a good opportunity to review the...
View ArticleMcCutcheon’s Wild Hypotheticals
Two months ago, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of McCutcheon v. FEC. If the plaintiffs win their appeal, the overall giving cap that Congress has imposed on individuals, parties, and...
View ArticleDSF: Reply Brief in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Here, you can find the complete Plaintiff’s Reply Brief in Support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
View ArticleA Response to Ken Vogel
This Wednesday, January 21st, CCP will be holding a conference on Citizens United v. FEC’s fifth anniversary. As we all know, Citizens United struck down bans on corporate and union political activity,...
View ArticleCSG v. Gessler: Secretary of State’s Answering Brief (Colorado Supreme Court)
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View ArticleIn the News: Reason: Citizens United Decision Fulfilled Earl Warren’s First...
By Zac Morgan Four years have come and gone since the Supreme Court handed down Citizens United v. FEC, striking down a federal law that prohibited a corporation from showing a movie critical of...
View ArticleWashington Examiner: A funny thing happened to Ohio on the way to judicial...
CCP Staff Attorney Zac Morgan writes for the Washington Examiner: The First Amendment harm of allowing a state agency to pick and choose which speakers may talk and which speakers ought to be punished...
View ArticleNational Review: Does Religious Speech Threaten Democracy? (In the News)
By Zac Morgan Section 2 allows Congress to explicitly ban corporations or other associations from spending money to influence elections — but Lord only knows what “influencing elections” actually...
View ArticleForbes: When It Comes To Political Donations, There Is Such A Thing As Too...
By Zac Morgan In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt used the bully pulpit of his annual message to Congress on the State of the Union to advocate for “the full and verified publication in detail of all the sums...
View ArticleWashington Examiner: A funny thing happened to Ohio on the way to judicial...
CCP Staff Attorney Zac Morgan writes for the Washington Examiner: The First Amendment harm of allowing a state agency to pick and choose which speakers may talk and which speakers ought to be punished...
View ArticleNational Review: Does Religious Speech Threaten Democracy? (In the News)
By Zac Morgan Section 2 allows Congress to explicitly ban corporations or other associations from spending money to influence elections — but Lord only knows what “influencing elections” actually...
View ArticleForbes: When It Comes To Political Donations, There Is Such A Thing As Too...
By Zac Morgan In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt used the bully pulpit of his annual message to Congress on the State of the Union to advocate for “the full and verified publication in detail of all the sums...
View ArticleA Response to Ken Vogel
This Wednesday, January 21st, CCP will be holding a conference on Citizens United v. FEC’s fifth anniversary. As we all know, Citizens United struck down bans on corporate and union political activity,...
View ArticleCSG v. Gessler: Secretary of State’s Answering Brief (Colorado Supreme Court)
Secretary of State’s Answering Brief (CO Supreme Court) Download PDF here.
View ArticleSignificant Constitutional and Practical Issues with Connecticut House Bill 5589
The Honorable Joe Aresimowicz The Honorable Themis Klarides RE: Significant Constitutional and Practical Issues with House Bill 5589 Dear Speaker Aresimowicz, Minority Leader Klarides, and Members of...
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