The Supreme Court on Thursday may decide to revisit its controversial Citizens United ruling when it considers whether to uphold a Montana campaign finance law. The Brennan Center released a video explaining the Montana case and the history of Citizens United and super PACs.

A new report jointly released today by the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law and the Campaign Finance Institute of Washington DC offers powerful evidence that New York City's public financing system has contributed to a fundamental change in the relationship between candidates and their donors. With the program in place, there has been a dramatic increase in the number and diversity of the city’s residents who participate in the process.

In advance of a Senate Rules Committee hearing on the DISCLOSE Act of 2012, the Brennan Center for Justice submitted written testimony supporting the measure, which would bring much-needed transparency to elections.

U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Charles Schumer, Patrick Leahy and several other Senators will introduce the DISCLOSE 2012 Act in the Senate today. The Brennan Center released the following statement from Senior Counsel Adam Skaggs in support of the bill.