Joe Sandler spoke at the American Constitution Society’s panel, “Citizens United v FEC: The Decision, Its Implications, and the Road Ahead.”  In his opening statement, Mr. Sandler spoke primarily about the constraints still in place on political committees, especially with regard to express advocacy.  He also emphasized that the role of political parties will not be miniized, because of their ability to coordinate.

The full panel was moderated by William P. Marshall, Visiting Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School and also included:

William Rand Kenan, Jr. of UNC Chapel Hill School of Law
Jan W. Baran, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
Laurence E. Gold, Of Counsel, Lichtman, Trister & Ross, PLLC; Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO
James S. Portnoy, Chief Counsel, Corporate & Government Affairs at Kraft Foods
Monica Youn, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law.

Watch it online at the ACS Website.

In “Beware the Fortunetellers” Mr. Sandler and Mr. Reiff discuss the fallout of last week’s Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United v. FEC.  The authors argue that although the ruling will have vast implications for the future of campaign finance, that future is not as written in stone as many pundits would have the general public believe.

Mr. Sandler spoke to USA Today in the wake of the long-awaited Supreme Court ruling in the matter of Citizens United vs. FEC about  the implications that the decision would have in terms of partisan advantage.  Mr. Sandler told Fredreka Schouten and Joan Biskupic that “the ruling created no partisan advantage because it frees Democrat-allied unions to tap their treasuries.”  Read the full article here.

Mr. Sandler also told Newser, “They’re going to be getting hammered much closer to Election Day on the air. That will make it tougher to cast tough votes,” about the potential for a proliferation of negative campaign ads aimed to coerce legislators into voting for or against a certain issue.

Mr. Sandler echoed this sentiment to the National Journal.