Brian Boyle
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Coming to a book store (or mailbox) near you on April 14!!!
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50 years ago today, the Supreme Court launched the “money = free speech” theory.
It set a framework that has steadily narrowed what states & Congress can do to protect elections.
We polled Americans w/ Ipsos: only 15% agree that unlimited money = free speech. Majorities across parties reject that idea.
Learn more. 👇
American Promise@usapromise
1/ We partnered with Ipsos to conduct a nationally representative survey and found that only 15% of Americans believe unlimited campaign spending should be treated as free speech. 🧵
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Citizens United turns 16, and critics say it unleashed a flood of dark money in elections. Maine leaders across parties are calling for a constitutional amendment to restore limits and put voters back at the center of democracy.
mainepublic.org/politics/2026-…
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A new report from @SutherlandInst takes a hard look at how states lost the power to set rules around election spending — and why the For Our Freedom Amendment is needed to restore it, consistent with self-government.
Stay tuned for the final report, expected in mid-February.
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More than $500 million of secret money donations to the leading nonprofit that helped Harris/Biden in 2024 came from just 10 donations.
One contribution was $97.5 million. Donor unknown.
@teddyschleifer has the tax filings —> nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/…
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The Constitution doesn’t start with “We the Corporations.”
It starts with “We the People”
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Just got out of oral arguments in NRSC v FEC. The elephant in the room that nobody talked about: whether the Court’s campaign finance jurisprudence is originalist. Check out my piece on @SCOTUSblog: scotusblog.com/2025/12/origin…
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Over at @theammind - wrote about why the conservative legal movement of the future can't ignore a fundamental question: what, exactly, is the nature of the human being that's the subject of the law?
From antitrust to judicial selection to AI in court, this runs all the way down
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I’m grateful to @Gekaminsky and @TheFP for including my perspective in their article on candidates who criticize billionaire influence while still relying on billionaire checks. The problem isn’t one side — both major parties are stuck in the same big-money system. 4/6
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Justice Barrett’s book is terrific. From the chapter on federalism: “[T]he Court must be careful not to overread the Constitution to force a national rule.”
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Pre-ordered Professor Amar's latest book, just in time for time for Constitution Day (9/17).
Akhil Reed Amar@Akhil_Reed_Amar
BORN EQUAL has won a Kirkus Star. @KirkusReviews
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🚨Today, American Promise filed an amicus brief in NRSC v. FEC with the Supreme Court.
Our message is simple: campaign finance decisions belong to the American people and their lawmakers — not unelected judges. 🧵
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📊 For the first time in U.S. history, @pewresearch finds that Americans rank money in politics as a top concern of “very big problems” facing the country — above the economy and terrorism.
Americans may be divided on many things — but on this, we are united.
That’s why momentum is building for the For Our Freedom Amendment. Hear our CEO @ClementsJeff on How to Fix It with @BulwarkOnline with @JohnAvlon 🎙️
The Bulwark@BulwarkOnline
"Pew Research now has reducing money in politics as the number one concern after the 2024 election." Could that cause be popular enough to propel a constitutional amendment? @ClementsJeff joins @JohnAvlon in the latest episode of How To Fix It:
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"Pew Research now has reducing money in politics as the number one concern after the 2024 election." Could that cause be popular enough to propel a constitutional amendment?
@ClementsJeff joins @JohnAvlon in the latest episode of How To Fix It:
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@OrinKerr This SSRN article has a refreshing take on the Constitutional mechanism for preserving popular sovereignty: the Article V amendment process. Uses proposed amendment to overturn SCOTUS campaign finance jurisprudence as example of how this works. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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Check out our Chief Program Officer & General Counsel Brian Boyle’s letter in @washingtonpost explaining why we must return policy decisions to elected representatives and the American people — not unelected judges.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
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Well-deserved honor for a truly groundbreaking scholar. Congratulations to Jud Campbell!
Federalist Society@FedSoc
"It's very unusual for any scholar, much less a junior scholar, to fundamentally change the terms of the debate over the meaning of the Constitution, and Jud's scholarship has done that." - Prof. Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) This weekend at the 2025 Student Symposium, we presented the Joseph Story Award to Prof. Jud Campbell of Stanford Law School (@StanfordLaw). Given annually, the award recognizes a young academic who has demonstrated excellence in legal scholarship, a commitment to teaching, a concern for students, and who has made a significant public impact in a manner that advances the rule of law in a free society.
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