Federal Judge Raymond Moore applies strict scrutiny to a system with the power to restrict political speech and finds it unreasonable to outsource that power to anyone and everyone.
It's a dissent from denial of rehearing en banc, joined by Judge Edith Jones, in a case that upheld a $350 cap for contributions to Austin City Council races.
Neither Laura Ebke nor her cinema-loving constituents seem very scared.
When Democrats spend more and win, the campaign finance advantage doesn't come up as often.
Or is partisanship such a strong indicator of voter choice that the specifics of a candidate's stances might not matter?
Being forced to fund the campaigns of candidates you disagree with is just wrong.
Unmasking anonymous Twitter users who discuss politics is like demanding "dark money" donors disclose their identities for supporting political speech.
A laid-off grocery bagger learned to code and is now shining a light on spending by politicians, their campaigns, and outside groups.
District Judge Beryl Howell thinks the L.P.'s claim that the restrictions are "content based" and possibly illegitimate at least deserve day in court.
Colorado campaign finance regulations censor ordinary citizens.
Trump also ended with more money left over.
It may be a focus of debate among delegates in 2018.
B. Wayne Hughes Jr. says Johnson and William Weld are "speaking reason and sanity into what was otherwise cacophony" in the presidential election.
Ad presents Johnson as for "tolerance, free enterprise, and a sane foreign policy" and reportedly cost PurplePAC a million.
62 percent of July's $1.6 million take went to consultants; August intake already announced as at least $3 million.
In a time when electoral fantasy beats electoral reality, the FEC wants to bring down the hammer on campaign fun.
It's a record one-day small-donation take for the Libertarian Party.
Trump's shoestring campaign is subsisting on less than half of Clinton's vast fortune, yet the usual voices supporting taxpayer-funded political campaigns have fallen strangely silent.
Law forbidding businesses involved in medical marijuana distribution from giving to candidates in Illinois, or candidates accepting such money, challenged in federal court.
Repurposing his PurplePAC, Crane hopes for seven figures contributions from wealthy libertarians to show Americans they have an option that's "socially tolerant, skeptical of militarism, and for the free market."
"We will offer an attractive alternate to the two flavors of authoritarianism, cronyism, and all-war-all-the-time foreign policies of the other two candidates," Kibbe says.
Can't rely on government to oversee itself.
A book-length critique from longtime Libertarian George Phillies argues the party didn't know the truth about campaign debt, and that Johnson spent too much on staff and not enough on "outreach." Gary Johnson responds.
Investigation has been underway for at least a year.
Federal and state investigators reportedly probing donations by seller of garbage bags.
Corporations influencing politics is awful for liberals, unless the influence benefits their political agenda.
Claims rules against campaign coordination do not apply here.
Examining SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland's vote in SpeechNow.org v. FEC
If Trump gets the nomination, she's going to need the independent spending.
So much blame for Donald Trump's populism. What about Bernie Sanders'?
Gary Johnson and Austin Petersen speak. Johnson is still waiting for big money that supports small government and the Constitution to look at Trump and come to the Libertarian Party.
Tell us about the dangers of Citizens United again.
NYRoB article details the power couple's dirty-Davos-style fundraising machinery
Sanders thinks a single appointee can get it done in short order, while Clinton relies on unconstitutional reasoning.
Colorado's campaign finance laws are "rife with abuse."
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee thinks more speech makes elections less competitive.
All this money is being spent, yet the "establishment" is very much on the defensive.
Text of likely forthcoming Iowa Rand Paul TV ads paid for by PurplePAC says Paul is only protection against government "that tells us what we can and can't do. That spies on its own citizens."
The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections.
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