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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... seem to destroy electoral competition. Far from corrupting the legislature, campaign contributions seem to have ... seems to me that political scientists and economists have been producing a voluminous literature that questions the ...
... seems to show overwhelming support for “campaign finance reform”? Is it right that a handful of Americans could be sued in court for spending $135 to publish and distribute truthful information about the voting record of a candidate for ...
... seem to be the very core of First Amendment activity—true grassroots activism by a single, middle-class, suburban housewife. Yet the State of Ohio forced McIntyre to litigate against her punishment for six years before she was finally ...
... seems preposterous, for it is hard to imagine a time when one would more want or need to exercise First Amendment rights than when one is running for office. Thus it was not altogether surprising when, just two months after filing suit ...
... seems to suggest that the very possibility of taxation ought to deprive one of the right to representation: “It's corrupting.” If the five cases discussed above indicate that something is wrong with the laws we have passed in an effort ...
Inhalt
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |