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13 May 2014, 4:56 am
” Briefly: Writing at Democracy 21, Fred Wertheimer predicts that the Court’s recent campaign finance decisions “will not stand the test of time. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 7:44 am
The Supreme Court majority in McCutcheon v. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 5:35 am
Look for additional commentary today from Jan Witold Baran and Fred Wertheimer. [read post]
25 Feb 2014, 5:45 am
Briefly: At Democracy 21, Fred Wertheimer lists (and criticizes) the consequences of a decision in McCutcheon v. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 3:33 am
” And Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21 released a series of articles on the case, including one in which he predicted that a decision in favor of the plaintiffs in the case would “return to our elections huge contributions that directly support candidates and parties and will recreate the system of legalized bribery that existed prior to . . . [read post]
16 Sep 2013, 4:44 am
In an op-ed for POLITICO, Fred Wertheimer warns that if the Court were to strike down the aggregate limits on campaign contributions at issue in McCutcheon v. [read post]
7 Feb 2013, 6:20 am
At The Huffington Post,Fred Wertheimer discusses cert. petitions pending before the Court in two campaign finance cases – Danielczyk v. [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 9:01 pm
Fred Wertheimer, Founder and President of Democracy 21, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to strengthen our democracy and promotes government integrity, accountability and transparency measures to accomplish its goals. [read post]
6 Sep 2012, 7:58 am
Fred Wertheimer blogs. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 1:23 pm
“If the organization had continued running ads attacking Obama without containing express advocacy they would have had to disclose all their donors dating back to the beginning of 2011,” said Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, which fights for greater campaign finance transparency. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 2:42 pm
WSJ: “A group of Republican senators is pressing the Internal Revenue Service for more information on its plans to consider changing regulations of politically active non-profit groups like Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS, which have been accused of misusing their tax-exempt status to influence elections….Fred Wertheimer, the president of Democracy 21, said in an interview that “I just view this as harassment and efforts to intimidate the IRS. [read post]
1 Aug 2012, 12:16 pm
Here. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 9:38 pm
Expressing optimism in the IRS letter, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer said, “This could be a major breakthrough in the effort to close down massive amounts of secret money that is flowing into federal elections through groups claiming to be”. [read post]
23 Jul 2012, 9:18 am
According to Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: The letter we have received from the IRS provides an important new development in the effort to end the massive amounts of secret money being spent in federal elections by groups claiming 501(c)(4) tax-exempt status. [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 7:39 am
I kid you not. [read post]
17 Jun 2012, 9:10 pm
Fred Wertheimer has written this oped for Politico. [read post]
16 Jun 2012, 8:14 am
Fred Wertheimer, a longtime founder of Democracy 21, argued “inherently corrupt system of unlimited contributions” that we observed prior to 1970s campaign finance reforms is “back with a vengeance” due to Citizens United and its progeny and the unleashing of SuperPACs. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 8:30 am
The following press release arrived via email: In a letter sent to all Senators today, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer refuted the attacks made by the Chamber of Commerce and the NRA on campaign finance disclosure. [read post]
16 May 2012, 2:39 pm
“It’s the first major breakthrough in overcoming the massive amounts of secret contributions that are flowing into federal elections,” Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21 told the Los Angeles Times. [read post]
15 May 2012, 9:01 am
From a Democracy 21 Press Release: “This is a very important victory in the battle to end secret contributions being funneled into federal elections,” according to Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, one of the lawyers in the case. [read post]
