[EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/26/18

[Adam Bonin]

I think the Greitens one was over the line -- it literally ended with a
tagline of "VOTE NOVEMBER 8th TRUMP PENCE," but that's not to say it's in
any way difficult to meet the Gregg standard of ensuring that any reference
to Trump is focused on his horrible, destructive policies and not whether
one should vote for/against him, especially in an off-year election.

As far as which language is Mr. Wang's and which is the headline writer's,
I think you'd agree these two passages within the article do not accurately
state the law:


As the midterm congressional elections unfold, candidates are also running
in 36 states for governor and competing for more than 6,000 state
legislative seats. How many of these state candidates do you think will say
something good or bad about President Trump? Probably more than you can
count. When they do, they will break an obscure federal law.

So now state candidates find themselves in a tough spot. If they want to
attack or praise Trump, who has declared he is a candidate in 2020, they
will be violating federal campaign finance laws. While state candidates
must keep their mouths shut, independent groups may support or oppose
federal candidates as much as they want.
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