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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... primary mechanism for political campaigning. Both sides subsidized partisan editors and publications, and arranged for copies of newspapers to be distributed free of charge. Thomas Jefferson, for one, spent considerable sums publishing ...
... primary source of party funds was the practice of assessments on officeholders. With virtually all government jobs allotted on the basis of the “spoils” system, officeholders and government contractors were expected to contribute a ...
... primary elections. This interpretation gutted the law in the deep South, where the Democratic nomination was tantamount to election. Finally, the law lacked any enforcement provision. The clerk of the House and the secretary of the ...
... primary and a second contribution for the general election. Individuals were also limited to contributing no more than $25,000 in an election cycle. Furthermore, donors would be prohibited from spending more than $1,000 in any election ...
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Inhalt
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15 | |
CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |