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→Subpoenas Quashed, Could Have Broader Impact on Campaign Finance Law: adding note of NIMSP disclosure ratings
"In that situation, the contribution limits become meaningless," says Paul S. Ryan, Senior Counsel with the Campaign Legal Center. <ref>Brendan Fischer, [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/01/12371/undermine-wisconsin-elections Secret Court Ruling Could Undermine Wisconsin Campaign Finance Law], PRwatch.org, Jan 28, 2014 </ref>
====Rating of Wisconsin's Independent Spending Disclosure Requirements Drops from A to F====
The nonpartisan nonprofit National Institute on Money in State Politics, which assesses state-level an 'A' rating (its highest grade) in 2013;<ref>National Institute on Money in State Politics, "[
Scorecard: Essential Disclosure Requirements for Independent Spending, 2013 http://www.followthemoney.org/research/institute-reports/scorecard-essential-disclosure-requirements-for-independent-spending-2013/]," report, May 16, 2013.</ref> Wisconsin's rating dropped to 'F' (the lowest grade) in 2014.<ref>National Institute on Money in State Politics, "[http://www.followthemoney.org/research/institute-reports/scorecard-essential-disclosure-requirements-for-independent-spending-2014/ Scorecard: Essential Disclosure Requirements for Independent Spending, 2014]," report, December 3, 2014.</ref>
=== Appeals Court Declines to Stop John Doe II===