[EL] JCN ads

[Justin Levitt]

A disclosure model along these lines 
<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=66562> could help viewers evaluate the 
breadth and concentration of financial support behind what they're 
watching...

On 10/24/2017 8:39 PM, Rick Hasen wrote:
> *“Dark Money Group Received Massive Donation In Fight Against Obama’s 
> Supreme Court Nominee” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95655>*
>
> Posted on October 24, 2017 4:18 pm 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=95655> by *Rick Hasen* 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> MapLight: 
> <https://maplight.org/story/dark-money-group-received-massive-donation-in-fight-against-obamas-supreme-court-nominee/>
>
> /A dark money organization that spent $7 million 
> <https://judicialnetwork.com/judicial-crisis-network-launches-10-million-campaign-preserve-justice-scalias-legacy-support-president-elect-trump-nominee/> to 
> block former President Obama’s Supreme Court pick received just three 
> donations between 2015 and 2016, but one transaction really counted: A 
> single $17.9 million contribution from a mystery donor./
>
> /The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), a Washington, D.C.-based 
> conservative nonprofit, saw its revenues explode as it ran ads 
> thanking Republican senators who successfully prevented Merrick 
> Garland, Obama’s pick to replace Antonin Scalia, from receiving a 
> confirmation hearing. It also sent millions of dollars to nonprofits 
> that worked to elect conservative state judicial candidates and 
> attorneys general. Earlier this year, JCN spent $10 million 
> <https://judicialnetwork.com/judicial-crisis-network-launches-10-million-campaign-preserve-justice-scalias-legacy-support-president-elect-trump-nominee/> on 
> ads to help secure Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation./
>
> /The organization’s most recent tax return, covering July 2015 to June 
> 2016, shows JCN’s anti-Garland spending spree was fueled by three 
> contributions. The $17.9 million donation accounted for 96.6 percent 
> of its revenue. Before the donation, the organization had never 
> reported more than $6 million in revenue since its 2005 creation./
>
> hare 
> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D95655&title=%E2%80%9CDark%20Money%20Group%20Received%20Massive%20Donation%20In%20Fight%20Against%20Obama%E2%80%99s%20Supreme%20Court%20Nominee%E2%80%9D>
>
> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
>

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