Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, a Brennan Center Fellow and a professor at Stetson University College of Law, is the author of Corporate Citizen? and Safeguarding Markets from Pernicious Pay to Play: A Model Explaining Why the SEC Regulates Money in Politics. She's a former board member of the National Institute of Money in State Politics. Follow her on Twitter: @ProfCiara.
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September 12, 2017The presidential pardon power is broad, but not limitless — it's essentially an admission of guilt, and covers only federal crimes.
July 13, 2017If the documents that Donald Jr. was emailing about are deemed valuable, soliciting them is a criminal offense. A legal expert weighs in.
June 21, 2017Voters see the results of money in political fights — ads, direct mail, etc. — but they often can't see who's behind it.
December 6, 2016Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell have the power to charge full speed ahead toward enacting their agenda. Will they pause for ethics concerns?
October 20, 2016In an election when our political system has been on trial, Donald Trump is putting it to the ultimate test.
August 11, 2016With Citizens United, 2010 marked the beginning of a battle over what types of citizens corporations can or should be.
February 16, 2016It's important to not lose sight of the fact that behind the political establishment there is the money establishment -- and they are playing the long game.
January 7, 2016The candidates shaking up both party's primaries, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, are not reliant on super PACs in the same way candidates were in other recent federal elections.
December 15, 2014The US Chamber of Commerce, one of the biggest corporate trade associations, and ALEC, one of the biggest corporate lobbying groups, are both startlingly hostile to shareholders.
February 7, 2014Instead of blatant bribery, we now have a system where vast sums of money are being spent for the benefit of elected officials.
