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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... individuals or to avoid difficult issues but is done to help achieve the book's objectives of brevity and accessibility to a nonacademic audience. In completing this work, I am indebted to Capital University Law School, whose generous ...
... individuals to contribute more than $5,000 to a challenger's campaign that urges voters to “vote against the ... individual citizens to giving no more than $1,000 directly to a presidential candidate. But doesn't a $17,850 newspaper ad ...
... individuals were charged. If the polling data is accepted at face value, Americans approve of such restrictions on political speech and, in fact, would like to see more of it. Meanwhile, pressure is growing for a “final solution” to the ...
... individuals began to contribute directly to campaigns. By the late 1830s, prominent New York Whigs such as Philip Hone and Thurlow Weed were helping to raise thousands of dollars for their party from friends and fellow merchants and ...
... passage of the Pendleton Act, and similar laws at the state level, led to a steady decline in assessments as a source of revenue. To replace this lost income, the parties increasingly relied on wealthy individuals 20 CHAPTER 2.
Inhalt
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |