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A friend profiles Buckley himself, a public servant who spent his life defending constitutional first principles.

An original Buckley litigator shares the inside story of one of America’s most important political speech victories.

Do you believe in magic words?

How the decision did and did not change the world.

What social science can tell us.

Buckley v. Valeo confines campaign finance regulation to actual corruption, rather than amorphous claims about “undue influence.”

Those who blame Buckley for our current problems are wrong to do so. A contrary decision would have made things worse.

The Institute for Free Speech held a virtual panel with Bradley A. Smith, Joel Gora, and Eugene Volokh to reflect on the history of ...

Despite sustained criticism from all sides, Buckley's core principle persists: government cannot ration political speech.

The core First Amendment principles of Buckley v. Valeo endure after fifty years.