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April 3, 2023
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Timothy Noah
How
Citizens United
Greased Trump’s Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal
If the Supreme Court hadn’t ruled that corporations are people, Trump would be a lot easier to prosecute.
March 22, 2023
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Matt Ford
Lindsey Graham Has Some Good Advice for Donald Trump, for Once
If the former president needs a legal bailout, his pal from South Carolina knows where he might be able to get one.
September 9, 2022
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Walter Shapiro
Why Candidates Get More Bang for Their Buck Than Super PACs—Starting Now
A 50-year-old law allows candidates—but not fundraising groups—to get discounted TV ad rates in the 60 days before the election. What does that mean for the home stretch of their campaigns?
May 21, 2022
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Jason Linkins
There Are No Super PAC Cops
Let’s stop pretending that rules forbidding coordination between campaigns and dark money groups exist.
May 17, 2022
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Matt Ford
American Politics Just Got a Little More Corrupt Thanks to Ted Cruz and John Roberts
Campaign graft continues its long-running undefeated streak at the Supreme Court.
July 16, 2021
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Jeff Burdick
The Republicans’ Latest Skeezy Campaign Trick: Cash Swaps to Help Each Other
Members of Congress aren’t allowed to spend leadership PAC funds on their own campaigns. But wouldn’t you know it: They’ve found a way.
June 9, 2021
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Walter Shapiro
Are Democrats Done Fighting Big Money in Politics?
New York City has one of the most generous campaign finance programs in the country. So why are all the leading Democrats in the mayoral race relying on super PACs?
November 17, 2020
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J.C. Pan
Charles Koch Got the Free-Market Dystopia He Wanted. Now He’d Like Your Approval.
The same billionaire who refashioned the American political system to suit his needs is now calling for bipartisan cooperation—on his terms.
November 5, 2019
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Matt Ford
The Political Corruption Legalized by the Supreme Court
A litany of naive decisions has enshrined a system in which the rot lives right out in the open.
March 21, 2019
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Alex Pareene
Nihilist in Chief
The banal, evil, all-destructive reign of Mitch McConnell
March 29, 2018
Magazine
Kim Phillips-Fein
Company Men
The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people
March 28, 2018
Matt Ford
Can the U.S. Supreme Court Stop Gerrymandering?
Waves of redistricting have allowed politicians to select their own voters, consolidating one-party power across America—mostly among the GOP.
March 28, 2018
Magazine
Win McCormack
Possession
How should we understand the history of political corruption in America?
September 23, 2016
David Dayen
The California Ballot Is an Epic Joke
There are 17 statewide propositions this year—a recipe for confusion that benefits special interests and disempowers legislators.
December 30, 2015
David Dayen
Democrats, Beware: Billionaires Can Still Buy Elections Very Easily
October 19, 2015
Brian Beutler
The Benghazi Witch-Hunt Against Hillary Is Backfiring Just Like Bill Clinton's Impeachment
And its chairman, Trey Gowdy, just got caught red handed
October 2, 2015
Lawrence Goldstone
Citizens United's Legal Roots Lie in the Jim Crow Supreme Court
August 11, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Lawrence Lessig Wants to Play a Little Game With the Presidency
April 2, 2015
Cristian Farias
The Menendez Case Proves the Supreme Court Was Naive About Campaign Finance Laws
October 10, 2014
Alec MacGillis
A Corporate Bully Got the "Bargain of the Century" Thanks to This GOP Senate Candidate
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