Citizens United

One Year Post Citizens United, Deep Divide Remains

Ryan J. Reilly | January 20, 2011, 2:56PM

The U.S. Supreme Court building

One year after the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate influence of elections, a deep divide still remains over whether that's a good thing or a bad thing for the county. And both sides think the Founding Fathers would be on their side.

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Christine O'Donnell

Christine O'Donnell Wants A Mulligan On Campaign Finance Reports

Ryan J. Reilly | January 5, 2011, 10:47AM

Christine O'Donnell

Christine O'Donnell will file amendments to all the campaign finance reports her campaign filed during the 2009-2010 election cycle, a lawyer for the failed Delaware Republican Senate candidate wrote in a letter to the Federal Election Commission.

All amendments will be filed along with Friends of Christine O'Donnell's year-end report on Jan. 31, GOP power lawyer Cleta Mitchell wrote in a letter to the FEC.

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John Fund

Republican Lawyers Group Panel Featured ACORN 'Whistleblower,' John Fund

Ryan J. Reilly | October 18, 2010, 3:03PM

Anita Moncrief and John Fund

The Republican National Lawyers Association hosted a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year which featured John Fund, a conservative Wall Street Journal columnist who focuses on voter fraud allegations, and Anita MonCrief, the ACORN "whistleblower," who was actually reportedly fired by the organization over the misuse of a company credit card.

Cleta Mitchell, the co-chair of the RNLA, introduced the February panel, titled "Saving Freedom From Vote Fraud," but, she said, "We might have entitled it saving freedom from those who would steal it whose name is ACORN."

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