Contribution limits are monetary restrictions on the amount an individual or group can donate to a political actor – usually a candidate, political party, or political action committee. The Supreme Court first allowed limits on contributions in Buckley v. Valeo. The Court’s ruling acknowledged that contribution limits were a restriction on First Amendment activity, but allowed them on the theory…
An unfair and unconstitutional system that curtailed political speech rights for Maine legislators and donors alike has come to an end, thanks in part ...
Protecting democracy, or gagging businesses?
A recent change to Maine law creates an unfair and unconstitutional system that gives even more influence to the most powerful political leaders and ...
New research finds that states ranking highly for free political expression are not highly ranked states for corruption. In fact, states that have the ...
Your recent editorial (“Ways to combat dark money in Massachusetts politics,” Opinion, April 13) missed the mark in citing Attorney General Maura Healey for not advancing ...
RE: Advisory Opinion Request 2022-12 (Ready for Ron) Dear Commissioners: The Institute for Free Speech[1] submits this comment in support of Draft B in ...
For the past several years, the Institute for Free Speech research team has been hard at work assessing and comparing how political speech is ...
The nation’s most restrictive limit on donations to legislative candidates just landed in federal court. Two Colorado candidates and a citizen who wishes to ...
New Jersey, as opposed to the federal government, doesn’t ban corporate entities from making campaign contributions. Except, that is, if you’re a bank.
That the First Amendment secures a right to solicit contributions is firmly established. What use is the right to solicit contributions, if there is ...