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Federal Communicatons Commission chair addesses broadcasters’ concerns about transparency

donal brown April 19, 2012

In a speech at a broadcasters convention, the FCC chair refuted the broadcasters’ arguments against a proposed rule creating an FCC website for political ad data. The broadcasters say the data is proprietary and that disclosure would be too expensive and destroy jobs. -db From a commentary in ProPublica, April 17, 2012, by Justin Elliott. Full story

Federal appeals court rules restrictions on PACs unconstitutional

donal brown January 3, 2012

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled unconstitutional a Washington state law restricting political action committees from taking in donations of $5000 or more in the last three weeks of an election. The state argued that the law was intended to protect voters allowed to mail their ballots 18 days before the election. -db From Jurist, December 31, 2011, by Jaimie Cremeans. Full story

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge of campaign finance disclosure rules

donal brown November 1, 2010

A day before the elections, the Supreme Court opted not to hear a challenge to a lower court ruling that upheld disclosure requirements for money SpeechNow.org raised and spent. -db Courthouse News Service November 01, 2010 (CN) – The Supreme Court on Monday refused to weigh in on federal campaign finance disclosure rules the day before midterm elections. The high court rejected the appeal of SpeechNow.org, which challenged a D.C. Circuit ruling upholding disclosure requirements

Federal district judge upholds Minnesota law requiring corporate disclosure of election spending

donal brown September 21, 2010

A U.S. district judge ruled that a Minnesota law requiring corporations and other interests to report their spending on elections helped the public evaluate speakers and their messages and did not violate the First Amendment. -db Star Tribune September 20, 2010 By James Walsh Saying that voters have “an interest in knowing who is speaking about a candidate on the eve of an election,” a federal judge on Monday refused to strike down a Minnesota

Law scholars suggest new rules for corporate spending on politics

donal brown September 7, 2010

In a paper in the upcoming edition of the Harvard Law Review, two law school scholars suggest that the freedom granted by the recent Supreme Court decision should carry with it new responsibilities to align their spending on political campaigns with the interests of their stockholders. -db Social Science Research Network September 1, 2010 By Lucian A. Bebchuk and Robert J. Jackson Jr. Abstract: As long as corporations have the freedom to engage in political

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Federal Communicatons Commission chair addesses broadcasters’ concerns about transparency

Federal appeals court rules restrictions on PACs unconstitutional

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge of campaign finance disclosure rules

Federal district judge upholds Minnesota law requiring corporate disclosure of election spending

Law scholars suggest new rules for corporate spending on politics

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