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Adam Lioz

Former Senior Counsel
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Black and Brown Communities Leading on Small-Donor Democracy 

Blog
August 9, 2021
Adam Lioz

Congress Must Pass the Freedom to Vote Act to Advance Racial Equity in Our Democracy

Blog
August 6, 2021
Adam Lioz
Laura Williamson

Small Donor Democracy: Fighting Big Money with People-Powered Elections

Policy Briefs
March 25, 2021
Laura Williamson
Adam Lioz
Issues
Democracy
Money in Politics
Voting Rights & Access
Work Area
Litigation
Research

Court Cash: 2016 Election Money Resulting Directly From Supreme Court Rulings

Research
March 14, 2017
Adam Lioz
Juhem Navarro-Rivera
Sean McElwee

Money in Politics, Racial Equity, and the U.S. Supreme Court

Research
February 28, 2017
Adam Lioz

Money in Politics & The Supreme Court: Frequently Asked Questions

Research
January 31, 2017
Adam Lioz

Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Rescuing Our Democracy and Our Economy by Transforming the Supreme Court’s Flawed Approach to Money in Politics

Research
December 15, 2015
Adam Lioz

Buckley v. Valeo at 40

Research
December 15, 2015
Adam Lioz

Stacked Deck: How the Racial Bias in Our Big Money Political System Undermines Our Democracy and Our Economy

Research
July 23, 2015
Adam Lioz

The Money Chase: Moving from Big Money Dominance in the 2014 Midterms to a Small Donor Democracy

Research
January 14, 2015
Adam Lioz
Karen Shanton

The Dominance of Big Money in the 2014 Congressional Elections

Research
November 20, 2014
Adam Lioz

The Government By the People Act

Research
February 5, 2014
Adam Lioz

How the Supreme Court Helped Create the Inequality Era and Why a New Jurisprudence Must Lead Us Out

Research
November 11, 2013
Adam Lioz
Seton Hall Law Review

McCutcheon Methodology

Research
October 4, 2013
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie

Billion-Dollar Democracy: The Unprecedented Role of Money in the 2012 Elections

Research
January 17, 2013
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie

Democracy at Stake: Political Equality in the Super PAC Era

Research
November 19, 2012
Adam Lioz
Liz Kennedy

Million-Dollar Megaphones: Super PACs and Unlimited Outside Spending in the 2012 Elections

Research
August 2, 2012
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie

Auctioning Democracy

Research
February 8, 2012
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie
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Policy Briefs

Small Donor Democracy: Fighting Big Money with People-Powered Elections

Policy Briefs
March 25, 2021
Laura Williamson
Adam Lioz

Election Spending 2012: Post-Election Analysis of Federal Election Commission Data

Policy Briefs
November 9, 2012
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie

Election Spending 2012: A Pre-Election Analysis of Federal Election Commission Data

Policy Briefs
November 2, 2012
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie
Testimony and Public Comment

Demos Urges Senators to Oppose Judge Gorsuch’s Confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court

Testimony and Public Comment
March 9, 2017
Heather C. McGhee
Brenda Wright
Adam Lioz

Taking Back Our Democracy: Responding to Citizens United and the Rise of Super PACs

Testimony and Public Comment
July 24, 2012
Adam Lioz
In the media

Money in Politics in the Courts, in the Trump Era and Beyond

In the media
December 12, 2017
Allie Boldt
Adam Lioz

SCOTUS makes it rain: Most of the big money behind the 2016 election directly resulted from Supreme Court decisions

In the media
March 14, 2017
Sean McElwee
Adam Lioz
Juhem Navarro-Rivera

Letters To the Editor: The Gorsuch nomination

In the media
February 3, 2017
Adam Lioz

Why Citizens United Just Scratches the Surface

In the media
May 20, 2015
Adam Lioz
Brenda Wright

Voters Rejected Big Money, Called For Reform

In the media
November 20, 2012
Adam Lioz
Joe Rasmussen

Stand By Montana's Opposition To Citizens United

In the media
June 26, 2012
Adam Lioz

Super PACs Put Democracy At Risk

In the media
March 14, 2012
Adam Lioz

What $2,000 Buys

In the media
March 20, 2002
Adam Lioz
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Blog

Black and Brown Communities Leading on Small-Donor Democracy 

Blog
August 9, 2021
Adam Lioz

Congress Must Pass the Freedom to Vote Act to Advance Racial Equity in Our Democracy

Blog
August 6, 2021
Adam Lioz
Laura Williamson

Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Voter Registration Through Federal Agencies Could Help Millions of Potential Voters

Blog
March 7, 2021
Adam Lioz

Keep Calm and Know Your Voting Rights

Blog
October 22, 2020
Adam Lioz

Wealth, Debt and Inequality: Everyone’s Economy Goes to Congress

Blog
September 12, 2018
Adam Lioz

Power and Fairness at the Supreme Court

Blog
June 28, 2018
Adam Lioz

Donor-Driven Tax Policy from Government Of, By, and For the 1%

Blog
November 29, 2017
Adam Lioz

Is the Truth About Trump and Russia Slipping Through Our Fingers?

Blog
October 27, 2017
Adam Lioz

Don Jr. “Smoking Gun” Emails New Test for Conservative Politicians: Choose Country Over Party Now?

Blog
July 11, 2017
Adam Lioz

The Shocking Hypocrisy of Trump Allies on Voting and Russia

Blog
June 19, 2017
Adam Lioz

5 Takeaways From Comey Testimony

Blog
June 8, 2017
Adam Lioz

Independent Commission Needed to Probe Trump’s Russia Ties

Blog
June 7, 2017
Adam Lioz

Role of Big Money Again Key Theme in Judicial Nomination Fight

Blog
May 26, 2017
Adam Lioz

Billions in Campaign Spending at Stake in Hearing on Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

Blog
March 14, 2017
Adam Lioz

Trump’s Supreme Court Pick a Threat to Racial Equity

Blog
February 28, 2017
Adam Lioz

Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Threatens to Boost the Power of Big Money

Blog
February 1, 2017
Adam Lioz

Ethics Experts Sue Trump for Violating Constitution on Day 1

Blog
January 23, 2017
Adam Lioz

Republicans Lash Out at Head of Ethics Office Instead of Pressing Trump to Comply with Constitution

Blog
January 18, 2017
Adam Lioz

Shameless: House Republicans Gut Ethics Enforcement Behind Closed Doors

Blog
January 3, 2017
Adam Lioz

President Trump Will Violate the Constitution on Day One

Blog
December 29, 2016
Adam Lioz

Can Trump "Drain the Swamp"? Will He Try?

Blog
December 2, 2016
Adam Lioz

Time for the Senate to Do Its Job

Blog
March 16, 2016
Adam Lioz

The Battle Hymn of the One Percent: Power from the Many to the Money

Blog
March 7, 2016
Adam Lioz

Buckley v. Valeo: The Crucial Supreme Court Case We Hear Too Little About

Blog
January 22, 2016
Adam Lioz

Sec. Clinton Highlights Importance of Supreme Court Justices — Including on Money in Politics

Blog
January 8, 2016
Adam Lioz

Hillary Clinton's Money in Politics Announcement Is a Hopeful Sign

Blog
September 9, 2015
Adam Lioz

We Can Undo the Damage of Citizens United

Blog
January 21, 2015
Adam Lioz

“We Have to Rethink the Whole System”

Blog
November 5, 2014
Adam Lioz

Momentum Builds to Overturn Citizens United

Blog
September 12, 2014
Adam Lioz

McCutcheon Money Floods the 2014 Midterms

Blog
September 2, 2014
Adam Lioz

Cantor Loss Speaks to Outrage Over Big Money Politics

Blog
June 11, 2014
Adam Lioz

The Court Should Announce in Advance Which Decisions It Will Issue

Blog
March 26, 2014
Adam Lioz

Big Money at the Ballot

Blog
November 8, 2013
Adam Lioz

Local Mechanic Throws Support to Rubio, Shifting Dynamics of Presidential Race

Blog
November 5, 2013
Adam Lioz

Stiglitz on the Political Dimensions of Inequality

Blog
October 15, 2013
Adam Lioz

McCutcheon Oral Arguments Point to Way Backward, and Forward

Blog
October 9, 2013
Adam Lioz

McCutcheon Money: How Citizens United Two Could Increase the Power of Elite Donors

Blog
October 4, 2013
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie

Whose Team is Your Rep Playing For?

Blog
August 20, 2013
Adam Lioz

Is McCutcheon v. FEC the Next Citizens United?

Blog
July 25, 2013
Adam Lioz

Half a Step Forward and a Full Step Back: Can Connecticut Maintain its Leadership on Money in Politics?

Blog
June 7, 2013
Adam Lioz

Contribution Limits and the Ostrich Court

Blog
February 21, 2013
Adam Lioz

Hey Citizen, Can You Spare $1,000? How About $10 Million?

Blog
January 17, 2013
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie

Momentum Builds for A Constitutional Amendment to Fight Big Money

Blog
October 19, 2012
Adam Lioz

Where The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Money in Politics Meet

Blog
September 13, 2012
Adam Lioz

What's In It For Adelson?

Blog
August 29, 2012
Adam Lioz

Agents of Influence: Billionaires Up, Journalists Down, Says Pew

Blog
August 24, 2012
Adam Lioz

Million-Dollar Megaphones Raise the Decibel Level on the 2012 Elections

Blog
August 2, 2012
Adam Lioz

Supreme Court Gets it Wrong…and Right on Democracy

Blog
June 25, 2012
Adam Lioz

Victory for Small Donor Democracy

Blog
June 12, 2012
Adam Lioz

Justice Stevens: Court May Have Second Thoughts About Citizens United

Blog
May 31, 2012
Adam Lioz

Voting Rights Groups Ensure Low-Income Georgians are (Finally) Provided Voter Registration Services

Blog
May 29, 2012
Adam Lioz

Tax Credits for Small Donors Can Fight Super PACs

Blog
April 17, 2012
Adam Lioz

After Super Pac Tuesday: Dominant Donors, Apathetic Voters

Blog
March 7, 2012
Adam Lioz
Blair Bowie

This Week's Citizens United "Parade of Horribles."

Blog
January 14, 2012
Adam Lioz

Make Caucuses More Democratic

Blog
January 2, 2012
Adam Lioz

Nuns, Seniors, UFOs, and the Growing Problem of Voter ID Requirements

Blog
December 7, 2011
Adam Lioz
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