Category Archives: The filthy rich

Oh and speaking about dark money?

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Naomi

This from ProPublica: “The Hidden Money Funding the Midterms: Strategies that let super PACs delay revealing their donors until after the election are gaining popularity among both Democrats and Republicans.” Just what I wasn’t looking for.    

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Roberts backs down from his dark money disclosure delay and…

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Naomi

this means the decision made by Judge Beryl Howell that dark money PACs have to disclose their donors will stand. I was totally taken aback when I saw CREW calmly stating their big win on this on Twitter. I kept … Continue reading →

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So what’s doing in the Citizens United Supreme Court?

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Naomi

This. As reported by many newspapers and here by SCOTUSBlog, which I follow. It’s a terse, apolitical layout of what happened. (If I remember correctly, Citizens United — indeed, Scalia said as much — does not state anything about dark … Continue reading →

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