Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance ReformPrinceton University Press, 09.02.2009 - 320 Seiten At a time when campaign finance reform is widely viewed as synonymous with cleaning up Washington and promoting political equality, Bradley Smith, a nationally recognized expert on campaign finance reform, argues that all restriction on campaign giving should be eliminated. In Unfree Speech, he presents a bold, convincing argument for the repeal of laws that regulate political spending and contributions, contending that they violate the right to free speech and ultimately diminish citizens' power. |
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... Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Bradley A. Unfree speech : The folly of campaign finance reform / Bradley A. Smith p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-07045-8 (alk. paper) 1. Campaign funds ...
... Congress Money Can Buy,” but virtually none that attempts to make the case for freedom. On the academic side, it seems to me that political scientists and economists have been producing a voluminous literature that questions the ...
... Congress had passed a law requiring citizens to register with the government in order to criticize its office holders. The case also illustrates the inextricable link between political speech and political spending. For the government's ...
... congress. Each vote was identified as being “for lower taxes and less government” or “for higher taxes and more government.” Twenty-one of the twenty-four votes fell into the latter category. The bulletin urged readers, “if your ...
... Congress to impose “reasonable” restrictions on political speech.5 The amendment also had considerable support in the House. Richard Gephardt, the minority leader in the House and a supporter of the amendment, went so far as to tell ...
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |