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Here’s what I posted about Harris in 2015 when she was the Attorney General of California: When she was still District Attorney in San Francisco, Harris made headlines by threatening…
Kevin Daley of the Washington Free Beacon details the latest dubious campaign from U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a longtime fan of the John Locke Foundation. (Sarcasm alert!) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse…
Wondering what kind of vice president Kamala Harris would be? You can get a pretty clear idea from reading what I wrote about her when she was attorney general of…
Executive Summary Donor privacy protects our expressive rights, especially with regard to matters of public policy. Unfortunately, entrenched political interests have often successfully undermined that protection by forcing policy and…
David French of National Review Online highlights fundamental flaws in congressional Democrats’ latest campaign finance legislation. House Democrats are holding hearings on a monstrous, 571-page election- and campaign-finance-reform bill called…
View in your browser. California Attorney General Kamala Harris has attracted a lot of media attention, and not just because, as the President says, "She…happens to be, by far, the…
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports on complaints surrounding the activity of a “super PAC” tied to campaign finance reform advocate Lawrence Lessig. Harvard Law professor Larry Lessig, a…
Joe Trotter of the Center for Competitive Politics laments in the Washington Examiner about the overly complex web of federal campaign finance laws. Writing for the U.S. Supreme Court majority…
Michael Barone is one of four men, and one of two John Locke Foundation Headliners, who will collect Bradley Prizes today. Other winners are Wall Street Journal editorial page editor…
Last week I blogged about Chapel Hill’s ill-advised entry into providing taxpayer funds for mayoral and town council candidates. The town is the first in the state to do so.…
Filing period for elective office begins today in Orange County, and in Chapel Hill there’s something new and misguided. Chapel Hill is the first municipality to impose public financing on…
The Senate is scheduled to vote today on a House bill that would allow taxpayer-funded municipal elections. JLF’s Daren Bakst weighs in: For years, North Carolina has listened to “reformers”…