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LISTEN: D21 President Fred Wertheimer On Supreme Court Siding With Sen. Ted Cruz In Campaign Finance Case

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  “The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday, ruling that a federal ban on outsiders repaying a candidate’s campaign loan to himself after an election violates the constitutional guarantee of free speech,” National Public Radio correspondent Nina Totenberg reported on Monday. The decision, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer told NPR, […]

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Campaign Legal Center, Democracy 21, Common Cause, & CREW File Amicus Brief Supporting The FEC’s Efforts To Prevent Corruption In Ted Cruz Loan Repayment Case

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When candidates raise funds after an election to repay personal loans to their own campaigns, the risk of corruption is self-evident and voters lose out on essential knowledge until it is too late.  The Campaign Legal Center (CLC), joined by Democracy 21, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Common Cause, filed an amicus […]

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