What Scalia’s absence means for voting rights, redistricting, and Citizens United.
Eliza Newlin Carney
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Going After the Big Bucks
Pumping big money into the national political parties, as many now propose, would weaken the parties in the long run and invite another round of soft-money abuses.
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The Democracy Prospect: The Forbes 400 Pony Up
The Forbes 400 pony up; Iowa paradoxes; secret foreign money.
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Does Big Money Still Matter? You Bet It Does
It takes more than a super PAC to win the White House, but big campaign contributions wield growing influence in congressional, state, and local contests, and continue to sway policy-making.
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The Democracy Prospect: Voting on Trial
Voter ID goes on trial; the FCC as ground zero for campaign-finance disclosure; a brokered GOP convention becomes unlikely.
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The Democracy Prospect: How Big Money Has Hurt the GOP
The GOP’s pro-deregulation platform backfires, the FEC hears complaints about Ted Cruz, and why Citizens United is far from the only problem.
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Citizens United Fuels Movement for Overhaul
In the six years since the decision, the Supreme Court ruling has unleashed not only a flood of outside election spending, but a surge in public concern over money in politics.
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The Democracy Prospect: Democratic Party Rifts Go Public
Debbie Wasserman Schultz faces a challenger, bracing for a big loss on Friedrichs, and Obama tries to salvage his money in politics agenda.
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Can Obama Salvage His Democracy Agenda?
Having let down good government advocates on most fronts, Obama may score an unlikely democracy win with redistricting overhaul.
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The Democracy Prospect: Bracing for a Costly, Ugly Ad Blitz
GOP ads skip the fact check, Marco Rubio wants to amend the Constitution, and why super PAC money can’t buy everything.