Writings by Topic: Campaign Finance

Title Date
University of Chicago Faculty Campaign Contributions February 13, 2024
Recent Work February 8, 2023
New York Cannabis Subsidy November 13, 2022
DeSantis Versus Disney April 4, 2022
"Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth" (1 comment) January 16, 2022
Jobs Not Mobs November 2, 2020
Corporate America Against Trump (1 comment) November 1, 2020
Wall Street Week for the Biden-Harris Campaign October 17, 2020
Honoring Ginsburg September 27, 2020
Biden Fundraised on Park Avenue Before Attacking It September 26, 2020
Biden Versus Park Avenue September 18, 2020
Trial Lawyers Bet Big on Biden March 10, 2020
Let Bloomberg Coordinate (5 comments) March 5, 2020
Democrats, Free Speech, and Facebook November 10, 2019
What If G-Men Had Gone After the Washington Post? December 18, 2018
RBG to the Defense of Flynn (8 comments) December 14, 2018
For Trump's Troubles, Blame McCain, Nixon, and George W. Bush December 12, 2018
Ben and Jerry's Resist (127 comments) October 30, 2018
Democrats Buy The Election October 24, 2018
Cui Bono Beto? October 12, 2018
Constitution Under 'Grave Threat' (2 comments) June 1, 2018
Political Errors Compound April 10, 2018
Fire, Fury and Citizens United (2 comments) January 5, 2018
Patagonia's Corporate Political Speech (5 comments) December 5, 2017
Union Square Ventures Endorses Hillary Clinton (1 comment) October 5, 2016
Where Are The Campaign Finance Reformers Now? August 2, 2016
On Global Warming, a Classic Times Frame (1 comment) April 8, 2016
Google and Citizens United (1 comment) March 25, 2016
Why Presidential Candidates From Both Parties Are Wrong About Community Banks November 17, 2015
Larry Summers and the Quiet Period October 21, 2015
Sanders and Citizens United September 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton's Solar Panel Plan July 28, 2015
Corporate Free Speech (2 comments) April 2, 2015
Apple and Corporate Speech Rights (2 comments) October 30, 2014
GE and Cuomo July 21, 2014
Wojcicki Obama Fundraiser (3 comments) May 8, 2014
Richard Epstein on Property Rights and Campaign Finance April 8, 2014
Victory for Campaign Speech (1 comment) April 2, 2014
D'Souza Indicted (2 comments) January 23, 2014
Speech Rights Decline as Election Nears (1 comment) November 26, 2013
N.Y. Hedge Fund Managers Wage Class Warfare in Mass. Campaign June 25, 2013
Incumbent Protection Racket June 11, 2013
Steyer Versus Lynch April 11, 2013
Citizens United and Dred Scott February 26, 2013
Welfare for Politicians (1 comment) December 12, 2012
Floyd Abrams Sets The Times Straight November 30, 2012
Corporate Executives For Higher Taxes (2 comments) November 29, 2012
Republicans Buying the Election (1 comment) October 23, 2012
Obama's Second-Term Agenda (3 comments) October 22, 2012
Two From The Free Beacon (2 comments) October 10, 2012
Billionaires Invest in Romney August 29, 2012
Bloomberg and the First Amendment (1 comment) August 8, 2012
Now Hank Greenberg June 27, 2012
Obama's Critics Face Tax Scrutiny (1 comment) June 25, 2012
McCain's Accusation Against Adelson (1 comment) June 18, 2012
Walker's Spending (2 comments) June 8, 2012
Romney's Wall Street Fundraising May 15, 2012
Read It Here First April 5, 2012
Judicial Review (2 comments) April 4, 2012
Private Prisons (1 comment) April 2, 2012
Nathan Fletcher and Campaign Finance (1 comment) March 30, 2012
Fundraiser In Chief (1 comment) March 8, 2012
Senate Spouse Sussman? February 29, 2012
Obama and Pepe Cardona February 7, 2012
Gingrich Versus Wall Street (1 comment) January 30, 2012
Warren, Brown Team Up Against Speech (1 comment) January 14, 2012
The Morning After (3 comments) January 4, 2012
The Governor From Palm Beach (2 comments) December 7, 2011
Schumer Versus The First Amendment (6 comments) November 23, 2011
Political Ad Disclosure (1 comment) November 2, 2011
Timothy Carney on Steve Jobs October 6, 2011
Politicians Versus Chain Stores (2 comments) October 4, 2011
Obama's Bundlers July 22, 2011
Bloomberg on Anonymity (2 comments) June 6, 2011
Richard Epstein on Campaign Finance Law May 31, 2011
Both Parties Do It May 4, 2011
McCain-Kerry Internet Privacy Act (1 comment) April 12, 2011
Tax Breaks in Massachusetts March 31, 2011
Will Willkinson on Money and Politics March 28, 2011
Two Party Problem (1 comment) March 21, 2011
Schumer and Paetec March 7, 2011
Senator Corker on Regulation (1 comment) March 7, 2011
Massachusetts Health Care March 3, 2011
The Times and the First Amendment March 3, 2011
Jeff Sachs on Taxing the Rich (1 comment) February 1, 2011
Hedge Funds and Campaigns (1 comment) January 10, 2011
Law Firm Advertises for 9/11 Clients (1 comment) January 6, 2011
Ohio Satellite TV Tax December 29, 2010
Cocktails for Stringer December 3, 2010
Hevesi Rattner Mystery Donor November 18, 2010
Early Election Night Thoughts November 2, 2010
Bret Stephens, Elitist November 2, 2010
How The Left Will Spin the Election Results (13 comments) November 1, 2010
The Bargain of Democracy October 31, 2010
WSJ on Majority Leader Schumer (1 comment) October 29, 2010
Read It Here First (1 comment) October 29, 2010
Vanguard Blogger Is Democratic Donor (10 comments) October 28, 2010
Donald Sussman's Virgin Islands Tax Break October 27, 2010
Vanguard Endorses Obama, Democrats (25 comments) October 25, 2010
Money Can't Buy Everything October 23, 2010
Who Is Giving (3 comments) October 22, 2010
Astonishing Bob Perry October 21, 2010
Minority Broker-Dealers Campaign Contributions (2 comments) October 20, 2010
The Constitution Is Wrong (1 comment) October 18, 2010
The Left Cries Watergate (1 comment) October 18, 2010
NYT First Amendment Hypocrisy (1 comment) October 7, 2010
Soros, Hong Kong Donor Fund J Street September 26, 2010
Goldline Girds for Weiner Hearing (1 comment) September 22, 2010
Nonprofits and Politics September 21, 2010
Obama's Weekly Address September 19, 2010
Two from the Institute for Justice (1 comment) August 27, 2010
Another Elizabeth Warren Fan August 24, 2010
Money and State Judicial Elections (1 comment) August 16, 2010
de Blasio Takes on Target, Google (2 comments) August 13, 2010
Obama's Austin Speech (7 comments) August 11, 2010
Ornstein on Citizens United August 4, 2010
The Times and the First Amendment (2 comments) August 2, 2010
Congress Discovers Ethics (3 comments) July 31, 2010
New York Times First Amendment Hypocrisy (1 comment) July 12, 2010
One More Point on Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB June 28, 2010
New York Times Tramples the First Amendment June 25, 2010
House Passes DISCLOSE Act June 25, 2010
MakeNoLaw.Org June 24, 2010
The Latest on 'Carried Interest' June 8, 2010
Elana Kagan and Book-Banning May 17, 2010
David Koch on Taxes and Ballet (7 comments) May 17, 2010
Asness on Life After Financial 'Reform' May 13, 2010
Illinois Votes Down School Vouchers May 11, 2010
The Times Versus the First Amendment (1 comment) May 3, 2010
What Lloyd Blankfein Should Have Said (4 comments) April 28, 2010
Schumer and Carry-On Baggage April 20, 2010
More on John Paulson's Washington Activities (1 comment) April 20, 2010
John Paulson's Washington Money Trail April 20, 2010
Bruce Springsteen and the K Street Lobbyists April 16, 2010
Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee March 11, 2010
State of the Union Postscript (1 comment) March 10, 2010
'Jobs' Bill or Spending Bill? (1 comment) February 25, 2010
Schumer, Van Hollen, and Kennedy February 24, 2010
Governor Paterson at the Ritz February 19, 2010
Michael Barone on Crony Capitalism (1 comment) February 15, 2010
Carlos Slim-Owned NYT Warns of 'Foreign Intrusion' (1 comment) February 5, 2010
Laughing at Schumer (1 comment) February 4, 2010
Outrageous February 2, 2010
Electioneering Communications by Foreign Firms January 28, 2010
Obama and the Lobbyists January 28, 2010
Other State of the Union Reaction (1 comment) January 28, 2010
What a Phony (5 comments) January 27, 2010
ACLU Mulls Campign Finance Reversal January 24, 2010
Schumer and Campaign Speech January 22, 2010
A Big Victory for Free Speech (8 comments) January 21, 2010
Soros and the Working Families Party December 2, 2009
Union Power (1 comment) November 30, 2009
Welfare for Politicians November 30, 2009
Government Ethics November 23, 2009
What If Bush Had Done That? (1 comment) October 27, 2009
More On N.Y. Pension 'Reform' (1 comment) October 15, 2009
New York Pension "Reform" October 9, 2009
Henninger on Capitalism October 8, 2009
Broidy and Hevesi (2 comments) September 30, 2009
A $10 Tourist Tax September 8, 2009
'Clean' Energy, II (2 comments) September 3, 2009
'Clean' Energy September 1, 2009
Krugman Rewrites Nixon History (1 comment) August 31, 2009
More on Golfing the Bronx August 18, 2009
Defense Contractor Bonanza July 30, 2009
SEC Speech Ban for Fund Managers July 23, 2009
Reid on Greed July 23, 2009
Why Not CIT? July 16, 2009
CIT, Peek, and Maloney July 14, 2009
Clinton, Schumer, Samberg, and the SEC May 28, 2009