Campaign Finance

• Montana Supreme Court Ignores Citizens United. Will the U.S. Supreme Court Set It Straight?, Damon W. Root, February 10, 2012
• Obama Leads All Candidates With Ooodles of Campaign Money; Pledges to Let Rich Friends Raise Even More, Nick Gillespie, February 9, 2012
• Dan Abrams on 'the Media's Shameful, Inexcusable Distortion' of Citizens United, Jacob Sullum, February 8, 2012
• Why Stephen Colbert's Super PAC Joke Falls Flat, Jacob Sullum, February 3, 2012
• Ron Paul Roundup: Defends Immigrants, Not at CPAC, Gets Nearly a Million in SuperPAC Support from Peter Thiel, and Can't be Pinned Down, Brian Doherty, February 1, 2012
• Reason.tv Replay: 3 Reasons Not to Get Worked Up Over Super PACS, Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg, January 28, 2012
• 3 Reasons Not To Get Worked Up Over Super PACs, Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg, January 26, 2012
• Ron Paul: A SuperPAC Spends for Him in Florida, and Pursuing an Obama-like Delegate Strategy, Brian Doherty, January 24, 2012
• 9th Circuit Sees No Anti-Corruption Rationale for Limiting Contributions to Recall Campaigns, Jacob Sullum, January 20, 2012
• People Are Indeed People, and Their Right to Talk About Politics Is Guaranteed by the First Amendment, Jacob Sullum, January 19, 2012
• David Harsanyi on Fighting Money in Politics, January 18, 2012
• The Vain Crusade to Purify Politics, Jacob Sullum, January 18, 2012
• Romney, Who Used to Favor Campaign Spending Caps, Now Wants to Allow Larger Direct Donations to Campaigns, Peter Suderman, January 17, 2012
• The Rap Against Super PACs, Jacob Sullum, January 12, 2012
• Why Liberals Favor Campaign Season Censorship, A. Barton Hinkle, January 10, 2012
• A. Barton Hinkle on the Liberal Obsession with Political Advertising, January 10, 2012
• How Big a Friend of Free Speech Is the Roberts Court?, Jacob Sullum, January 9, 2012
• The Guy Who Proposed Amending the Constitution to Overturn Citizens United Faults Senators for Trying to Do That, Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2011
• Oh Hey Look, the President Is Fibbing About Getting Money From Lobbyists, Matt Welch, October 27, 2011
• GOP State Senators Reap the Benefits of Supporting Gay Marriage, Anthony L. Fisher, October 13, 2011
• California Democrats Also Run Out of Their Own Money, Tim Cavanaugh, September 27, 2011
• "What Citizens United Didn't Say", Matt Welch, August 9, 2011
• New Jersey Town Tries to Force Resident to Remove His Ron Paul Yard Sign, Mike Riggs, July 28, 2011
• Stephen Colbert Lampoons the First Amendment, Jeff Patch, June 30, 2011
• More Unintentional Hilarity from Stephen Colbert’s Campaign Finance Stunt, Damon W. Root, June 30, 2011
• Was John Edwards Indicted for Violating the Seventh Commandment?, Jacob Sullum, June 28, 2011
• Is the Defeat of Arizona's 'Clean Elections' System a Victory for 'the Richest Americans'?, Jacob Sullum, June 27, 2011
• Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Matching Funds Campaign Finance Law, Damon W. Root, June 27, 2011
• The Persecution of John Edwards, Steve Chapman, June 9, 2011
• Federal Judge: “Taken seriously, Citizens United requires that corporations and individuals be afforded equal rights to political speech, unqualified.”, Damon W. Root, June 8, 2011
• Sorry Jon Huntsman, You Don't Get My $100 Because I Don't Want Google to Know About Our Relationship, Katherine Mangu-Ward, June 8, 2011
• Edwards: I May Be a Lying Bastard, but I'm No Felon, Jacob Sullum, June 6, 2011
• 501(c)(4) Donations: So Bad They Tax Them Twice, Jacob Sullum, May 13, 2011
• No Liberty, Please, We're Republicans, or The Amazing Three-Man GOP Debate, Brian Doherty, May 6, 2011
• Ron Paul "Money Bomb" Today Gets Noted by The Hill, Brian Doherty, May 5, 2011
• Money for Moochers, Jacob Sullum, March 30, 2011
• Is the Arizona 'Clean Elections' Case About 'Free Speech for Really Rich Guys'?, Jacob Sullum, March 29, 2011
• Deviled Egg-Gate: Biden's D.A.D.T. Policy for Closeted Journos, Tim Cavanaugh, March 28, 2011
• Biden Thugs Imprison Reporter, Tim Cavanaugh, March 27, 2011
• Did Feingold Lose Because of Citizens United? (Part II), Jacob Sullum, February 11, 2011
• According to The New York Times, This Is the 101st Century, Jacob Sullum, February 10, 2011
• Common Cause: Citizens United Should Be Overturned Because Scalia and Thomas Attended a Koch Seminar, Jacob Sullum, January 21, 2011
• Can’t Buy You Love, Jacob Sullum, February 2011
• Citizens United Turns One Year Old! Are We Better, Worse Off Thanks to It? Was It "Our Dred Scott"?, Nick Gillespie, January 21, 2011
• Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Sentenced to Three Years, Brian Doherty, January 10, 2011
• Follow the Bouncing Buck, Jacob Sullum, December 29, 2010
• Why Campaign Finance Rules Are an Affront to Free Speech, Vol. MCMLXII, Matt Welch, December 14, 2010
• Wendy Kaminer on the Foolishness of Campaign Finance Reformers, Jacob Sullum, December 8, 2010
• The Appearance of Corruption, Jacob Sullum, December 2010
• Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Arizona's Matching Campaign Funds, Jacob Sullum, November 29, 2010
• Can't Buy You Love, Jacob Sullum, November 10, 2010
• When Democrats Lose, 'The Market for Political Information Is Broken', Jacob Sullum, November 9, 2010
• You Are Now Free to Speak About Politics, Jacob Sullum, December 2010
• Would Independent Spending Have Been 40 Percent Lower Without Citizens United?, Jacob Sullum, November 4, 2010
• Reasoners on Russia Today: Matt Welch Talks Prop. 19 on The Alyona Show, Matt Welch, October 29, 2010
• "Secret Money from God Knows Where", Katherine Mangu-Ward, October 27, 2010
• Pity the Rich Incumbent, Jacob Sullum, October 27, 2010
• Lead Paragraph of the Day, Matt Welch, October 27, 2010
• After We Hose Meg Whitman's Remains Off the Sidewalk, Can We Admit that Money Does Not Buy Elections?, Tim Cavanaugh, October 26, 2010
• Obama's False Alarm on Corporate Electioneering, Steve Chapman, October 25, 2010
• NYT Shocker: Chamber of Commerce Promotes Business Interests, Jacob Sullum, October 22, 2010
• AFSCME is "Big Dog," Takes Big Craps, When it Comes to Independent Campaign Expenditures, Nick Gillespie, October 22, 2010
• What Republican Spending Advantage?, Jacob Sullum, October 21, 2010
• Reason Writers Wearing Goofy Headphones on the Internet: Matt Welch and Timothy P. Carney on Bloggingheads, Matt Welch, October 19, 2010
• According to the Times, Pro-Republican Speech Is Not Technically Illegal, but It Should Be, Jacob Sullum, October 18, 2010
• Are You Still Buying Democracy When Your Opponents Outspend You Two-to-One?, Brian Doherty, October 15, 2010
• Leading Campaign Finance Reformer: 'I Think the Constitution Is Wrong', Jacob Sullum, October 14, 2010
• Barack Obama and the Chamber of Secrets, David Harsanyi, October 13, 2010
• Logical Farce, Jacob Sullum, October 13, 2010
• The President Is Just Asking Questions, Jacob Sullum, October 12, 2010