By Laura MacCleery, Deputy Director, The Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice. The Brennan Center's one-day conference, Money in Politics 2009: New Horizons for Reform, held at the National Press Club on May 8th, 2009, took the first systematic look at what happened in 2008, and its implications for policy, politics and law in 2009 and beyond.
Even as Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's campaign finance credentials are brought to light, reform-minded court-watchers are on pins and needles as to what the next big Roberts' Court decision in that area will be. The Supreme Court is poised to decide this week a critical case for the future of campaign finance reform efforts.