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On With Kara Swisher: How to get dark money out of politics
Worth 1,000 Words
AEI Originalism Conference: First Amendment Originalism
The Maine Lawsuit That Could Save Democracy From Big Money
Medium: Worth 1,000 words
The courts broke campaign finance. Maine is giving them a chance to repair it.
The Case That Could Take Down Super PACs & Stop Dark Money ft. Lawrence Lessig | Shane Has Questions
Mark Cuban Joins Legal Fight Against Dark Money and Super PACs
Did A Federal Judge Sink Super PACs?
Bowdoin Orient: Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig discusses the strategy for ongoing Maine campaign finance litigation
Bowdoin University: Maine v. Dark Money: A Legal Turning Point
Sportico: Mark Cuban Joins Legal Fight Against Dark Money and Super PACs
User Magazine: Billionaires including Mark Cuban are backing a high stakes legal plot to destroy Citizens United
Campaign Legal Center: Dinner Table Action et al. v. Schneider et al. and Equal Citizens et al. (Maine Super PAC Contributions)
Taylor Lorenz: This Could End Billionaire Money in Politics
Maine Morning Star: Bipartisan former officials, billionaires defend restrictions on money in politics in Maine lawsuit
Issue One: Bipartisan group of former elected officials urges court to take seriously corruption concerns associated with large super PAC contributions
Brennan Center: The Brennan Center and Ropes & Gray LLP filed an amicus brief urging the First Circuit to uphold contribution limits for super PACs in Maine.
First Circuit Court of Appeals to Consider Challenge of Maine’s New Super PAC Contribution Limits
Boston Globe: Campaign Finance Debate Rages Anew in Maine Case
The Harvard Law Clinic: Dinner Table Action et al., vs. Equal Citizens et al.
CREW: CREW tells First Circuit: respect Maine voters’ anti-bribery efforts
Free Speech for People: Free Speech for People Files Appellate Amicus Brief in Support of Maine’s Law to End Super PACs
The case that could end super PACs
The Bulwark (How to Fix It): The Little State That Could Save Democracy (with Larry Lessig)
Latest filings in campaign finance court battle argue Maine has legal right to regulate super PACs
Maine’s effort to limit some political contributions now before federal appeals court
A Maine super PAC case could reshape campaign finance rules nationwide. Or it could backfire.
Maine Morning Star: Latest filings in campaign finance court battle argue Maine has legal right to regulate super PACs
YPO Democracy Group: Real World Solutions to Eliminate Dark Money in Politics with American Promise and Equal Citizens
A super PAC longshot
As campaign spending flows unchecked, some states are trying to impose limits
Maine capped super PACs donations. That type of law could affect Wisconsin a lot.
Federal judge blocks voter-approved Maine law capping super PAC contributions
Another voter-backed Maine law regulating campaign finance halted, but the case is far from over
The Error in DTA v. Schneider
Maine’s New Law to Limit Super PACs Has First Hearing in Federal Court
When are big-money contributions to super PACs corrupting?
WGBW: Maine capped super PAC donations. That type of law could affect Wisconsin
The Right’s fight to silence “originalism”
Maine Public Radio: Two Maine PACs and free speech group challenge new limits on political contributions
AP: Maine’s voter-approved limit on PAC contributions triggers lawsuit in federal court
Washington Post: How More Young Voters Could Reshape Congress
Medium: An Update on Maine
MEDIUM: When Billionaires Say: “Give us less.”
MAINE MORNING STAR: Anti-super PAC campaign raises over $1 million for Maine referendum effort
MAINE MORNING STAR: Curious about the campaign finance petition you saw at the polls? Here’s what we know.
EqualCitizens.US Announces Maine Effort to Limit SuperPAC Contributions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: November 1, 2023Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon (202) 503-6141 [email protected] EqualCitizens.US Announces Maine Effort to Limit SuperPAC Contributions Cambridge, MA - EqualCitizens.US today announced that it is supporting an initiative in...
Jason Alexander Joins Equal Citizens’ $50,000 Video Competition to Promote Legal Argument for the Regulation of SuperPACs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: August 28, 2023Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon (202) 503-6141 [email protected] Jason Alexander Joins Equal Citizens’ $50,000 Video Competition to Promote Legal Argument for the Regulation of SuperPACsToday, renowned television and Broadway...
Equal Citizens Successfully Crowdfunds to Launch Video Competition to Promote Legal Argument for the Regulation of SuperPACs Across the U.S.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 20, 2023Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon (202) 503-6141 [email protected] Equal Citizens Successfully Crowdfunds to Launch Video Competition to Promote Legal Argument for the Regulation of SuperPACs Across the U.S.Boston - Earlier this...
The Political Mike
Facepalm America: SuperPACs and a Need for Regulation
Axios: Nonprofit targets super PACs with $50,000 crowdfunded contestAxios:
Equal Citizens Announces Video Competition to Promote Legal Argument to Regulate SuperPACs in Massachusetts and Across the U.S.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 28, 2023Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon (202) 503-6141 [email protected] Equal Citizens Announces Video Competition to Promote Legal Argument to Regulate SuperPACs in Massachusetts and Across the U.S.Boston - Today, Equal Citizens began...
Associated Press: Groups Sue to Put Super PAC Question on 2024 State Ballot
Legal Advocates File Two Challenges In Support of Proposed Ballot Measure to Ban Super PACs in Massachusetts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: October 24, 2022Contact: Edward Erikson, [email protected]; Adam Eichen, [email protected]. Legal Advocates File Two Challenges In Support of Proposed Ballot Measure to Ban Super PACs in MassachusettsFree Speech For People...
The HillFilibuster-backers are Framer-wannabes
Medium: Hunger Striking 4 Democracy
The Independent: Harvard’s Larry Lessig joins student hunger strike calling for action on voting rights
New York Review of Books: Why the US Is a Failed Democratic State
Slate: The Democrats Are Walking Right Into a Trap on Voting Rights
The Intercept: Chuck Schumer Rejects Joe Manchin’s Voting Rights Strategy
Talking Points Memo: Markup Of For The People Act Revealed Depth Of GOP’s Adherence To Disinfo
Open Secrets: GOP senators swear off ‘woke’ corporate PAC dollars
Talking Points Memo: Democrats Should Ignore Calls For A Skinnier For The People Act
The Fulcrum: Lawrence Lessig’s group shifts focus to people, not politicians
Washington Post: This is no time to compromise on democracy reform
Slate: If Joe Biden Is Serious About Protecting American Democracy, Here’s Where He Can Start
Business Insider: An obscure Alaska court case could end super PACs and reshape our democracy
Above The Law: Cert Petition Asks Supreme Court To End ‘Winner Take All’ Electoral College Voting
Data For Progress: 67 Percent of Americans Support H.R. 1, The For The People Act
Open Secrets: Democrats prioritize campaign finance overhaul with ‘For the People Act’
Talking Points Memo: Not Another ‘Bipartisan’ Panel: GOP Could Help Fix Democracy By Not Undermining Elections To Begin With
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Toomey and Casey should prioritize this legislation now that Dems control the Senate
The Fulcrum: Public support for HR 1 not reflected in Congress’ one-sided fight for reform
Philadelphia Inquirer: Pennsylvania is home to America’s first and only ‘faithless elector’
Joe Biden is on track to win the election for Pennsylvania’s 20 crucial electoral college votes by a relatively comfortable margin when all the votes are counted. But President Trump’s incendiary and baseless rhetoric claiming, without any proof, that the statewide...
Fox 11 LA: Elex and Christine Talk With Jason Harrow
Medium: 10 November: Where we are: Birtherism, v2.0
The Young Turks: Larry Lessig on How Trump Could Try to Steal the Election
Medium: 7 November: Where we are
Medium: 6 November: Where we are
CBC: Is American democracy broken?
Lawfare: State Legislatures Can’t Ignore the Popular Vote in Appointing Electors
As the counting of votes continues, an anti-democratic suggestion has taken hold among supporters of President Trump that Republican state legislatures could prevent a Biden presidency by directly appointing Trump-supporting electors to the Electoral College, rather...
Medium: 5 November: Where we are
Medium: 4 November: Where we are
FOX 11 LA: Elex Michaelson and Dr. Drew Pinsky Talk with Jason Harrow
CNN: Why Pennsylvania should take its time counting votes
Washington Post: What happens if a nominee dies shortly before or after the election? It’s complicated.
Associated Press: Alaska absentee application mailings discriminatory
A lawsuit filed Friday says state elections officials are discriminating by mailing unprompted absentee ballot applications to older Alaskans but not to all qualified voters. The lawsuit, filed in state court in Anchorage, seeks to have applications sent ahead of the...
Medium: Georgia’s Election Meltdown Explained
After the primary election in Georgia on June 9th, we now know what the worst case scenario looks like. A perfect storm created an election meltdown, where voters were subjected to confusion, exposure to the virus, and wait times upwards of four hours.
Medium: Unpacking Voter Suppression in Georgia
Harvard Law Today: Lessig, who argued on behalf of ‘faithless electors,’ responds to the Supreme Court’s decision
In a unanimous decision on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that states can require Electoral College voters to back the victor of their state’s popular vote. The decision gives states the right to compel so-called ”faithless electors” to cast their electoral ballots...
Harvard Law Today: Does recent Supreme Court ruling suggest the Electoral College is ‘good for nothing’ ?
During the 2016 presidential election, multiple presidential electors tried to cast ballots for people who didn’t win a majority of their states’ votes. After Colorado removed one elector and Washington fined three, the electors sued, arguing that the U.S....
Medium: We The People Pick The President? One Day, I Hope.
Time: The Supreme Court Just Pointed Out the Absurdity of the Electoral College. It’s Up to Us to End It
Spectrum 1 News: SCOTUS Ruling on “Faithless Electors” Fuels Calls to Overhaul Electoral College
Medium: Our New Campaign to Fix The Electoral College
The Globe Post: Why Voting by Mail Is Part of the Right to Vote
USA Today: Supreme Court rules presidential electors can be forced to uphold popular vote
Politico: States can punish ‘faithless’ electors, Supreme Court rules
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