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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... corporate contributions to candidates. Oddly, Steve Forbes had already spent some $28 million of his personal ... corporation be able to devote substantial resources to supporting or opposing a candidate when a nonpublishing corporation ...
The Folly of Campaign Finance Reform Samantha Sellinger. a nonpublishing corporation cannot? This publishing dilemma raises other questions, such as whether to regard Internet web pages as publications. If a web page is considered a ...
... corporate cash; they sent letters to leading manufacturers detailing the benefits to them of the high tariffs that a ... corporate funds.9 With the availability of corporate cash, campaign costs rose rapidly in the 1890s. In 1892 ...
... Corporate funding remained vital to the Republicans even after Hanna left the scene. Although Theodore Roosevelt's trust-busting activities shook the faith that many businessmen had in Republican policies, corporate supporters of ...
... corporate requests for both favors and appointments. Though heavily outgunned in raising business money, the Democrats also had major corporate contributors at the turn of the century, notably the silver mines that stood to benefit from ...
Inhalt
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |