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Starting soon! Our panel discussion in DC looking at campaign finance regulations 10 years after #CitizensUnited: Featuring @michaeltomasky, @ProfCiara,
Chisun Lee, Jason Abel, and Lee Goodman. Event details: buff.ly/35VxRAb #ACSLawEvents

@michaeltomasky @ProfCiara 10 years after #CitizensUnited, the very wealthy are far outstripping small donors in campaign donations, but the @BrennanCenter's Chisun Lee says there *is* some good news in campaign financing: the adoption of small-donor public financing.

@michaeltomasky @ProfCiara @BrennanCenter Lee shares that more than a dozen locations around the country have enacted some form of public financing, most recently New York State.

@michaeltomasky @ProfCiara @BrennanCenter We need to look to the FEC & the states to try to restrain $ in politics and to increase disclosure so we know exactly who is spending what, says Jason Abel--who previously worked for Sen. Schumer and worked on legislation in the wake of Citizens United, incl. the DISCLOSE Act.

@michaeltomasky @ProfCiara @BrennanCenter .@ProfCiara, author of @politicalbrands, says it's important to focus on the lack of transparency in corporate political spending and 'lack of consent' – US shareholders, unlike those in the UK, don’t have the ability to consent regarding corporate political donations

@michaeltomasky @ProfCiara @BrennanCenter @politicalbrands As a self-described libertarian, Lee Goodman counters that there's too much "hyperbolic" discussion around #CitizensUnited. He's here defending the First Amendment and words. To say there’s too much $ in the system, he argues, is the same as saying that there are too many words.

@michaeltomasky @ProfCiara @BrennanCenter @politicalbrands Thanks so much to our experts -- @michaeltomasky, @ProfCiara, Chisun Lee, Jason Abel & Lee Goodman -- for participating in today's discussion about #moneyinpolitics 10 yrs after #CitizensUnited. We'll share the video of this event next week! buff.ly/35VxRAb #ACSLawEvent

@michaeltomasky @ProfCiara @BrennanCenter @politicalbrands Once more with proper handle for @mtomasky: Thanks so much to our experts -- @mtomasky @ProfCiara Chisun Lee, Jason Abel & Lee Goodman -- for today's discussion about #moneyinpolitics 10 yrs after #CitizensUnited. We'll share the video of this event next week!