Donald B. Tobin
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- B.A., Duke University
- J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center
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Donald B. Tobin
Senior Fellow, Election Law @ Moritz
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of Law; Senior Fellow, Election Law @ Moritz
Phone: (614) 688-3539
Email tobin.46@osu.edu
Office: Drinko 104
Donald Tobin has quickly become one of the nation's top experts on the intersection of tax and campaign finance laws. He served on Capitol Hill and in the U.S. Department of Justice before arriving at the Moritz College of Law in 2001.
His two articles on the relationship of tax and campaign finance laws concerning the regulation of political groups having tax-exempt status under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, as well as his co-authored work with EL@M Director Edward B. Foley, have been widely recognized as leading publications on this topic. His most recent work includes Political Campaigning by Churches and Charities: Hazardous for 501(C)(3)s, Dangerous for Democracy (95 Geo. L.J. 1313) and Political Advocacy and Taxable Entities: Are They the Next "Loophole"? (6 First Amend. L. Rev. 41).
At the invitation of the Federal Election Commission, Professor Tobin (together with Professor Foley) testified before the Commission on the future regulation of these "527 groups" in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McConnell v. FEC.
His current research involves the campaign activities of tax-exempt entitites.
Election Law @ Moritz | Professor Edward B. Foley, Director | electionlaw@osu.edu
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