News from The Center for Competitive Politics:
Lawsuit Challenges McCain-Feingold Disclosure Law
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Center for Competitive Politics today filed two lawsuits on behalf of a Colorado think tank saying that similar state and federal campaign finance disclosure laws are unconstitutional under the First Amendment. The Independence Institute wishes to run two ads: one asking Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennett […]
New Report Unveils Effort To Censor Corporate Speech
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today released a white paper entitled, "Silencing Business: How Activists Are Trying to Hijack the Public Policy Debate." The paper explains the ulterior motives of shareholder activists, unions, pensions funds, and liberal leaning policy groups who are using the guise of disclosure […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Supreme Court ruled in favor of free speech today in this year's blockbuster campaign finance case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. Hailing the Court's decision, Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) Chairman and former FEC Chairman Bradley A. Smith released a statement this morning: "Today is a good day for […]
Newly Released CPA-Zicklin Index Flawed, According to The Center for Competitive Politics
ProxyFacts.org releases series of short videos on corporate speech censorship in response ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today criticized the newly released 2013 Center for Political Accountability (CPA-Zicklin) index as a "flawed and partisan measure of corporate accountability." CCP simultaneouslyreleased a new series of short videos, "Behind the Movement: How […]
Supreme Court Must Step in to Protect Americans' Freedom of Speech
Ohio Elections Commission Requires Residents to Register as a PAC Before Speaking on Campaigns ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) recently filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the free-speech rights of Edmund Corsi — an ordinary Ohio citizen whom state officials have ruled should have […]
