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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... concern for the actual effects of regulation in practice would be vitally important for the head of federal agency to carry out his or her duties successfully. And I had always assumed that concern about the constitutionality of ...
... Concerned Parents and Taxpayers.” After observing McIntyre, J. Michael Hayfield, an assistant superintendent in the Westerville school district, approached her and told her that her distribution of handbills violated state law. McIntyre ...
... concerned that his website put both him and the campaign in violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Smith sought an advisory opinion from the Federal Election Commission. In the ensuing advisory opinion, the FEC concluded that ...
... concerns that have led to such regulation have a long pedigree in American political life. Early Days In the colonial period and the early years of the Republic, campaign finance was not an issue. The reasons for this are neither hard ...
... concerned about the possibility that campaign contributions might corrupt officeholders, a system of finance based on assessments of party officeholders seems a benign, or even a positive idea: campaigns are financed by small ...
Inhalt
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |