by Stephen Klein | May 15, 2017 | Political Speech
I have written an article for the recent edition of the Washburn Law Journal, entitled “‘“The Centre Cannot Hold’”: Campaign Finance Disclosure Beyond 2016.” I lay out the current legal landscape surrounding campaign finance disclosure, with criticism of the campaign...
by Stephen Klein | Mar 15, 2017 | Political Speech
A bill that passed the Colorado legislature two weeks ago would make displaying one’s own marked ballot legal, and also allow for the display of photographs of them, or “ballot selfies.” As the bill awaits signature from Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, some pundits...
by Stephen Klein | Mar 1, 2017 | Political Speech
This afternoon, in a speech at the Center for American Progress, Commissioner Ann Ravel, formerly of the Federal Election Commission (as of yesterday), gave her first speech as a private citizen since leaving the agency. Promising she will continue to speak out in...
by Stephen Klein | Feb 15, 2017 | Political Speech
Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause, joins the chorus of campaign finance “reformers” who are concerned about the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court, claiming that his “record on money in politics . . . raises significant...
by Stephen Klein | Feb 9, 2017 | Political Speech
Less than a year ago, Norm Eisen, in his capacity as a fellow at the Brookings Institution, convened a campaign finance “Solutions Summit” that brought together a meeting of regulation advocates whose supposed solutions differ about as much as Oxford blue and Midnight...
