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Drama is playing out in Longmont, where campaign laws thought to prevent corruption by limiting expenditures and contributions is instead corrupting free speech.
Carl Pope | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
Will the Supreme Court overturn 102 years of precedent and rule that corporations have the same right to spend money to influence elections that citizens possess?
Andrew Reinbach | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
You have to wonder whether the Justices are in the service of powers determined to remake America to their advantage, or if they respect themselves and want to make good law.
Robert Weissman | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
Overturning the court's precedents on corporate election expenditures would be nothing short of a disaster.
Michael Winship | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
Depending on the outcome of a special Supreme Court hearing, Hillary: The Movie could unleash a new torrent of cash flooding into campaigns from big business.
Monica Youn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
Last week, a panel of the D.C. federal court heard arguments in a case where the RNC is seeking to turn back the clock to a time before Obama's "small-donor revolution."
Matthew Rothschild | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
Obama would do himself proud, and his progressive base proud, and the Constitution proud, by nominating Russ Feingold to fill the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.
The New York Times | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
With a little-noticed order last week, we fear the Supreme Court has set the stage for dismantling the longstanding ban on corporate spending in elect...
CNN | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
The Democratic National Committee is backing a piece of trademark legislation championed by former GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain -- asking...
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
If Republican John McCain needs someone to vouch for his independence, he could easily do worse than Senate colleague Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, a li...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
The "Swift Boaters" from 2004 are back at it. A group of top Republican contributors who financially fueled the famous "Swift Boat" campaign ads that...
Sen. Russ Feingold | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
Today's decision on the millionaire's amendment left the core of the McCain-Feingold law intact, and that's good news for everyone who cares about stamping out corruption in government.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
One of the principal authors of the most significant campaign finance legislation since Watergate said he was neither "outraged" nor "surprised" with ...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
The media has been abuzz over speculation that John McCain will accept public financing in the general election. The attention has overshadowed a new...
NY Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
As the presidential campaign narrows and its costs skyrocket, detailed disclosure of financial resources becomes ever more important. Of the leading c...
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Michael D. Brown | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver