[EL] Legality of the Collins/Kavanaugh Crowdpac campaign?

[Charlotte Hill]

Thank you. I hadn't seen this piece.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 6:08 PM Steve Klein <stephen.klein.esq at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I recommend Brad Smith’s piece in *The Washington Post*:
>
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-attempting-to-sway-susan-collinss-vote-breaking-the-law-its-hard-to-tell/2018/09/13/363cf150-b78b-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 14, 2018, at 8:53 PM, Charlotte Hill <charlottehill at berkeley.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a graduate student at UC Berkeley who studies campaign finance, among
> other things. I'm curious about the legality of the Crowdpac campaign
> that's raised $1.3M in an effort to sway Collins' vote on the Kavanaugh
> nomination. If Collins supports Kavanaugh, the money goes to her opponent
> in the next election; if she rejects his nomination, Crowdpac donors are
> not charged.
>
>
> https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/387413/either-sen-collins-votes-no-on-kavanaugh-or-we-fund-her-future-opponent
>
> I've seen some speculation on Twitter that this campaign is a clear
> example of *quid pro quo* bribery and therefore illegal. However, I
> haven't seen a nuanced, informed argument in either direction. I'd
> appreciate hearing thoughts from people on this listserv.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Charlotte
>
>
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> Charlotte Hill, MPP
> PhD student, UC Berkeley School of Public Policy
> charlottehill at berkeley.edu
>
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Charlotte Hill, MPP
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