by Adam Eichen | Nov 6, 2019 | End SuperPACs, In the News
An Anchorage judge has ruled that contribution limits should be enforced to independent expenditure groups, the Alaska equivalent of super PACs. The case was brought forward by Equal Citizens, a nonprofit based out of Washington D.C., on behalf of three Alaskans. The...
by Adam Eichen | Nov 5, 2019 | End SuperPACs, In the News
A ruling in a court in Alaska Monday could open the door to imposing more restrictions on super PACs and possibly reversing the infamous 2012 Citizens United by the U.S. Supreme Court that in 2012 upended the nation’s campaign finance laws.
by Adam Eichen | Nov 4, 2019 | Democracy Reform, In the News
Lawrence Lessig has long crusaded against the influence of money in politics. But in a new book, the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School casts his sights on the broader topic of reinvigorating democracy. In “They Don’t Represent Us:...
by Adam Eichen | Nov 4, 2019 | End SuperPACs, In the News
A Superior Court judge in Anchorage has issued a ruling that may hobble the big-money independent expenditure groups that have come to dominate Alaska elections. Jason Harrow, of the group Equal Citizens, is one of the attorneys who brought the case on behalf of three...
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