Though pollsters see campaign finance reform as a nonstarter on the campaign trail. A proposed rulemaking in the wake of the Supreme Court's McCutcheon decision sparked an outpouring of public interest as letter-writing campaigns drew thousands of comments.
Continue readingRule behind the ‘Hobby Lobby’ case was the most commented
Today, the Supreme Court announced that it agreed to hear two cases around the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act. The SCOTUSblog writes:
The Court granted review of a government case (Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, 13-354) and a private business case (Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, 13-356). Taking the Conestoga plea brought before the Court the claim that both religious owners of a business and the business itself have religious freedom rights. The Hobby Lobby case was keyed to rights under RFRA.Continue reading
How many donors will benefit if the Supreme Court allows unlimited campaign contributions?
Yesterday, my colleague Lisa Rosenberg previewed what’s at stake in the upcoming Supreme Court case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. On Oct. 8, judges will rule on the constitutionality of the overall limit on contributions to federal candidates and political parties. Currently, the limits are set at $74,600 to political committees, and $48,600 to candidates – $123,200 overall. If the court sides with the plaintiffs, those limits will be a thing of the past.
Everybody is buzzing about what will happen if the courts lift the aggregate limits. Will more donors start writing multi-million dollar checks? Will the campaign finance system flood with even more money?
Supreme Court Considers an ALEC Bill
The controversial Arizona immigration law that President Obama’s administration challenged came before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday was written by... View Article
Continue readingSenate to Kagan: Update Supreme Court Website
Members of Congress have repeatedly called for the Supreme Court to televise its proceedings, an issue to which Solicitor General... View Article
Continue readingSupreme Court unveils new website: how does it look?
New website Last year, we made suggestions about how the U.S. Supreme Court should redesign its website. Today, the Court... View Article
Continue readingCitizens United and Transparency: A Look Ahead
The Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in the election law case Citizens United [PDF], to which Ellen has... View Article
Continue readingHow the Citizens United Case Affects Money & Politics and Transparency As We Know it
The ramifications of today’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC are breathtaking – opening the floodgates of political... View Article
Continue readingSupreme Court Issues Major Campaign Finance Decision
This morning, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in the major campaign finance and transparency case Citizens United. We are... View Article
Continue readingSCOTUSBlog Interview about Sunlight’s Supreme Court Website Redesign
SCOTUSblog, a blog about the U.S. Supreme Court, published an interview with me on Sunlight’s proposed website redesign for the... View Article
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