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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 72
... raised questions as well. For it is clear that Forbes, Inc., or any other publisher of a newspaper or magazine ... raises other questions, 9 INTRODUCTION.
... raises other questions, such as whether to regard Internet web pages as publications. If a web page is considered a publication, should Leo Smith's Internet activities be exempt from reporting requirements? Or is the difference that Leo ...
... raised money from Philadelphia citizens to support proRepublican newspapers. In the 1820s, General Winfield Scott, second in command in the U.S. Army, was one prominent American who contributed substantial sums to start a partisan ...
... raise thousands of dollars for their party from friends and fellow merchants and bankers. Another development of the 1830s was the appearance of significant political spending by entities with no direct connection to a candidate. Most ...
... raised a campaign fund of $100,000, more than $1.5 million in 2000 dollars and far more than is normally spent on ... raising as no political operative had done before. To Hanna, a Republican victory over William Jennings Bryan, the ...
Inhalt
3 | |
15 | |
CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |