Illinois Business Journal: Counterpoint: Should the U.S. Constitution be...
Illinois Business Journal: Counterpoint: Should the U.S. Constitution be amended to reverse Citizens United? No: Government power over campaign spending is a threat to free speech By Bradley A. Smith...
View ArticleQuora: What is dark money? (In the News)
Quora: What is dark money? By Bradley A. Smith There is no agreed upon definition of “dark money.” Hence it can be used as a pejorative term for any number of things that the person using it does not...
View ArticleWall Street Journal: The Threat to Privacy of Opinion (In the News)
Wall Street Journal: The Threat to Privacy of Opinion By Bradley A. Smith [O]n June 30, 1958, the Supreme Court held that Alabama’s demands for the NAACP’s member and donor information violated the...
View ArticleSetting the Record Straight: A Response to CLC’s Attacks on Judge Kavanaugh
When Justice Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court last month, the Institute for Free Speech conducted a thorough review of the First Amendment records of each of the potential...
View ArticleWashington Examiner: The IRS gives up power for once, and the Left goes nuts...
Washington Examiner: The IRS gives up power for once, and the Left goes nuts By Bradley A. Smith The decision to stop gathering some donor information seems, on the surface, like a no-brainer. First,...
View ArticleReason: Trump’s Campaign Finance Catch-22 (In the News)
Reason: Trump’s Campaign Finance Catch-22 By Bradley A. Smith In 2005, while presiding over the trial of a Democratic Party fundraiser accused of filing false campaign finance reports, federal judge...
View ArticleWashington Post: Those payments to mistresses were unseemly. That doesn’t...
Washington Post: Those payments to mistresses were unseemly. That doesn’t mean they were illegal. By Bradley A. Smith [R]egardless of what Cohen agreed to in a plea bargain, hush-money payments to...
View ArticleNew York Daily News: Legal scrutiny of the National Enquirer risks free...
New York Daily News: Legal scrutiny of the National Enquirer risks free speech rights: Do we want the government second-guessing decisions to publish or not to publish? By Bradley A. Smith Prosecutors...
View ArticleWashington Examiner: The New York Times wants anonymity for the powerful, but...
Washington Examiner: The New York Times wants anonymity for the powerful, but no privacy for you By Bradley A. Smith The president’s anger at a disloyal staffer who is vowing to frustrate his policies...
View ArticleWashington Post: Is attempting to sway Susan Collins’s vote breaking the law?...
Washington Post: Is attempting to sway Susan Collins’s vote breaking the law? It’s hard to tell. By Bradley Smith The first relevant statute is 18 U.S.C. 201, which prohibits any person from...
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