Paul Seamus Ryan joined Common Cause as Vice President for Policy and Litigation in October 2016 and has specialized in political law for more than 20 years. He is former Deputy Executive Director of the Campaign Legal Center (2004-16) and Political Reform Project Director at the Center for Governmental Studies (1999-2004). Paul has litigated before courts throughout the nation and has testified as an expert on election law before Congress as well as state and local governments. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and other news outlets, and is quoted regularly by the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and other news publications. Paul is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law (2001) and the University of Montana (1998).
Free Speech: A Right to Speak Anonymously? Political Contributors and Reporters’ Confidential Sources
2015 National Lawyers Convention
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Litigation Update: Associational Privacy at the Supreme Court
In NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, the Supreme Court recognized a First Amendment right to privacy of...
Free Speech: A Right to Speak Anonymously? Political Contributors and Reporters’ Confidential Sources
2015 National Lawyers Convention
Supporters of mandated disclosure of the source of speech (or of money used to pay...
Free Speech: A Right to Speak Anonymously? Political Contributors and Reporters’ Confidential Sources
2015 National Lawyers Convention
Supporters of mandated disclosure of the source of speech (or of money used to pay...