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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... increase taxes, let him know how you feel. And thank him when he votes for lower taxes and less government.” CLITRIM members distributed copies of the bulletin at a commuter rail station, shopping centers, and at a public meeting at ...
... increase was eventually defeated. Several months later, Hayfield filed charges against Margaret McIntyre for violating the Ohio Elections Code by distributing “anonymous” campaign literature, and McIntyre was fined by the Ohio Elections ...
... increased importance. For example, Belmont and his son, Augustus Belmont, Jr., remained major Democratic Party financial angels through the rest of the century, frequently contributing six-figure amounts in presidential campaigns. Other ...
... increase labor union involvement by institutionalizing a system for political giving—the PAC—and by focusing organized labor's attention even further on politics. As a result, the CIO-PAC alone spent almost $2 million to support ...
... increased, and institutionalized, corporate political activity. Watergate, Buckley v. Valeo, and the 1974 FECA Amendments FECA had not been long in place when the Watergate scandals of 1972– 1974 broke. The FECA had not made it clear ...
Inhalt
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |