Democracy 21 Sent Letter to Attorney General Today to Supplement January 10th Letter that Raised Serious Questions about the Legality of the Presidential Candidate-Specific Super PACs

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Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Report sent by Democracy 21 to the Attorney General that raised serious questions about the legality of five leading presidential candidate-specific Super PACs. Today’s letter was sent “to supplement the information contained in the Report and to provide information on a sixth candidate-specific Super PAC, the Red, White and Blue […]

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Dealing with Super PAC Problems: Comprehensive Disclosure Legislation to be Introduced by Disclosure Reform Leaders Will Solve Super PAC Disclosure Problems

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Democracy 21 Preparing Legislative Proposal to End Candidate-Specific Super PAC Scam     Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer   Super PACs are the campaign finance scandal of the 2012 elections. They allow influence-seeking individuals, corporations, labor unions and other donors to give unlimited, corrupting contributions to support federal candidates. In particular, the presidential candidate-specific […]

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Republican Party Challenges Constitutionality of Anti-Corruption Corporate Contribution Ban; Seeks Ability to Receive Corporate Contributions Totaling $1,184,800 Per Corporation Per Election Cycle to Use in Federal Elections

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Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The Republican National Committee filed an amicus brief today in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of U.S. v. Danielczyk, which challenges the ban on corporate contributions to federal candidates.  The RNC brief argues that the court should conclude the ban on corporate contributions is […]

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Democracy 21 Calls on Justice Department to Closely Monitor the Presidential Candidate Super PACs During the 2012 Election

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In a letter sent today to Attorney General Eric Holder, Democracy 21 called on the Justice Department to closely monitor the activities of presidential candidate-specific Super PACs in the 2012 presidential election. The letter forwarded to Attorney General Holder a Democracy 21 report issued last week which raised serious questions about the legality of the […]

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Supreme Court Today Upholds Constitutionality of Ban on Campaign Contributions and Expenditures from Foreign Nationals

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Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 is pleased that the Supreme Court today issued a summary affirmance of a lower court ruling that correctly upheld the constitutionality of the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals in U.S. elections. In a decision issued last August in the case of Bluman v. FEC, […]

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Serious Questions Exist About Legality of Presidential Super PACs, According to Democracy 21 Report Issued Today

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Unless Candidate-Specific Super PACs Stopped, System of Legalized Bribery Will Return to our Democracy, Report Says In a report issued today, Democracy 21 documented the serious questions that exist about the legality of the leading presidential candidate-specific Super PACs that are playing a major role in the 2012 presidential election. The Democracy 21 report also […]

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The Sacramento Bee: Super PACs will rule if Congress doesn’t act

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Campaign consultants and attorneys never seem to be a loss for ways to exploit outdated campaign finance laws to hide the sources of campaign money, to the detriment of voters. As voters head to caucuses in Iowa tonight, ahead of New Hampshire’s primary next week, managers of so-called Super PACs have seized on an especially […]

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The New York Times: The Slush Funds of Iowa

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Turning on the television in Iowa recently has meant getting hit by an unrelenting arctic blast of campaign ads stunning in volume and ferocity. Residents here say they have never seen anything like the constant negativity in decades of witnessing the quadrennial combat of the state presidential caucuses. The ads have transformed the Republican race for a […]

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Van Hollen Lawsuit Challenging Flawed FEC Contribution Disclosure Regulations Will be Heard in Court Next Week

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Next week on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, oral argument will be heard in the case of Van Hollen v. Federal Election Commission. The argument will take place at 10 am in Courtroom 3 before Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. According to Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: The Van […]

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A Major Court Victory for Anti-Corruption Campaign Finance Laws: Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer

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In a major victory for campaign finance laws enacted to prevent corruption, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals this week upheld the constitutionality of New York City’s “pay to play” campaign contribution restrictions. The Second Circuit decision in Ognibene v. Parkes upheld the lower limits that apply to campaign contributions from lobbyists and others […]

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