The intensifying threat of Donald Trump’s emoluments

On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision upholding a Baltimore police officer’s conviction for extortion under a key federal corruption statute called the Hobbs Act.

Marking another win for campaign finance reform and transparency, the Supreme Court last month declined to review a challenge to Hawaii’s political committee requirements.

Montana is the latest state to step up and take on its own campaign finance reform measures, increasing state-level political transparency despite the federal government doing little to curb money’s rampant, borderline unregulated influence in politics.

In state elections this week, voters in Seattle, WA and Maine showed the rest of the country that we can pass new initiatives that bolster clean elections, laying the groundwork for similar progress in cities and states nationwide.

Noah Bookbinder published an editorial on The Hill's Congress Blog last week calling on President Obama to take executive action that curtails political abuses by federal contractors, such as General Dynamics.