Will SCOTUS Open Up Campaign Finance To Even More Mega-Donors?

Yet another Supreme Court case on spending limits for political campaigns threatens to redefine what it means to be a politician in America.

Frederick Reese
October 11th, 2013
By Frederick Reese
October 11th, 2013

In the opening days of the new term, a case currently being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court -- McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission -- threatens to continue the Roberts Court’s push toward eliminating election spending limits. The case, heard Tuesday, bears the potential to overturn the limit on what can be contributed to candidates and

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The Catch-22 Of Third-Party Politics: Jill Stein’s Campaign Faces Weeks Of Audits

The Green Party campaign staff of 17 faces an audit process designed for — but routinely dodged by — campaigns hundreds of times that.

Trisha Marczak
May 14th, 2013
By Trisha Marczak
May 14th, 2013

While the presidential campaign teams for Mitt Romney and Barack Obama can move on to their next projects, staffers and volunteers with third-party candidates are preparing for a lengthy audit by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). The Green Party’s 2012 presidential ticket of Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala is the most recent target of an FEC

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