Media Kit: State Bar of Michigan Calls for An End to Secret Funding of Judicial Campaign Ads

News Release and Official Letter to Secretary of State

News Release: State Bar of Michigan Calls for an End to Secret Funding of Judicial Campaign Ads
State Bar of Michigan Letter to Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson | Attachment

Michigan Secretary of State Declaratory Rulings

Michigan Secretary of State has 60 Days to Respond to this Request per Michigan Campaign Finance Act Section 169.215
2004 Michigan Secretary of State Declaratory Ruling on Express Advocacy Versus Issue Advocacy

Michigan Campaign Finance Network Election Spending Research

Michigan Campaign Finance Network Records of Michigan Supreme Court Funding
Michigan Campaign Finance Network Graphic: Michigan Supreme Court Spending from 1984-2012
Michigan Campaign Finance Network Summary of Michigan Supreme Court Spending from 1984-2012
Michigan Campaign Finance Network Summary of Michigan Supreme Court Spending in 2012

Supreme Court of the United States Decisions and Summaries of Decisions

Opinion: Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life
Summary: Supreme Court of the United States Ruling: Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to LIfe

Opinion: Supreme Court of the United States Ruling: Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.
Summary: Supreme Court of the United States Ruling: Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.

Opinion: Supreme Court of the United States Ruling: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Summary: Supreme Court of the United States Ruling: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Why Disclosure of Campaign Financing is Important

Michigan Judicial Selection Task Force Report and Recommendations
The Campaign Legal Center on Why our Democracy Needs Disclosure

More SBM Resources

State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly Resolution on Disclosure of Campaign Expenditures Adopted Sept. 30, 2010
State Bar of Michigan Judicial Crossroads Task Force Report
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