A bracing read by the always excellent @WilliamBaude.
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Our elections should be decided by voters, not by whoever can spend the most money. Read more in @thehill about why Congress should pass my Constitutional Campaign Finance Reform Amendment.
thehill.com/opinion/congress…
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Former Republican Congressman Tom Campbell shares how the pressures of fundraising can pull lawmakers away from serving their constituents — and why Americans across the political spectrum are calling for a solution. 🦅
Learn more via @TheHill: bit.ly/3RQrRGQ
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Could AI one day direct political spending, write campaign ads, and target voters?
In a new RealClearPolitics op-ed, Brian Boyle (@BoyleBri) examines what Supreme Court's campaign finance doctrine could mean for AI and American self-government.
Read: bit.ly/4wd55b4
Thanks to @RCPolitics for publishing my latest piece!
The Supreme Court’s AI Collision Course realclearpolitics.com/articl…
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The Supreme Court just ruled in NRSC v. FEC. Debate over the decision will continue, but the bigger question remains: Who should set the rules for money in our elections?
Too often, those rules are decided by the federal courts. They should be set closer to We the People—through our elected representatives.
👉 bit.ly/4oVl1vZ
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Thank you to @usapromise for supporting my Constitutional Campaign Finance Reform Amendment. It’s time to curb the outsized role that money has in our elections and give the power back to the people.
U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett has introduced House Joint Resolution 191, a constitutional amendment to restore the authority of Congress and the states to set reasonable rules for money in elections while protecting free speech.
🔗bit.ly/4vrCRZi
Thank you @RepTomBarrett for your leadership!
U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett has introduced House Joint Resolution 191, a constitutional amendment to restore the authority of Congress and the states to set reasonable rules for money in elections while protecting free speech.
🔗bit.ly/4vrCRZi
Congrats to @whignewtons on her book release! Great reading as the Court heads into the end-of-term sprint.
50 years ago today, the Supreme Court launched the “money = free speech” theory.
It set a framework that has steadily narrowed what states & Congress can do to protect elections.
We polled Americans w/ Ipsos: only 15% agree that unlimited money = free speech. Majorities across parties reject that idea.
Learn more. 👇
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Citizens United turns 16, and critics say it unleashed a flood of dark money in elections. Maine leaders across parties are calling for a constitutional amendment to restore limits and put voters back at the center of democracy.
mainepublic.org/politics/202…
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A new report from @SutherlandInst takes a hard look at how states lost the power to set rules around election spending — and why the For Our Freedom Amendment is needed to restore it, consistent with self-government.
Stay tuned for the final report, expected in mid-February.
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More than $500 million of secret money donations to the leading nonprofit that helped Harris/Biden in 2024 came from just 10 donations.
One contribution was $97.5 million. Donor unknown.
@teddyschleifer has the tax filings —> nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/po…
Incredibly important reporting by @teddyschleifer.
One donor gave $97.5 million to a nonprofit that gave $250 million to Kamala Harris's super PAC.
You'll never know who the donor is.
Hello to our campaign-finance system!
nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/po…
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The Constitution doesn’t start with “We the Corporations.”
It starts with “We the People”
Just got out of oral arguments in NRSC v FEC. The elephant in the room that nobody talked about: whether the Court’s campaign finance jurisprudence is originalist. Check out my piece on @SCOTUSblog: scotusblog.com/2025/12/origi…
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Over at @theammind - wrote about why the conservative legal movement of the future can't ignore a fundamental question: what, exactly, is the nature of the human being that's the subject of the law?
From antitrust to judicial selection to AI in court, this runs all the way down
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I’m grateful to @Gekaminsky and @TheFP for including my perspective in their article on candidates who criticize billionaire influence while still relying on billionaire checks. The problem isn’t one side — both major parties are stuck in the same big-money system. 4/6
Justice Barrett’s book is terrific. From the chapter on federalism: “[T]he Court must be careful not to overread the Constitution to force a national rule.”
Happy Constitution Day! Looking forward to digging into @Akhil_Reed_Amar’s latest.
