Targeted Advertising is Neither a Problem Nor New

November 6, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

The evolving story about Russian intervention in the 2016 elections has spurred Congress to fixate increasingly on online advertising. Organizations with suspected links to ...

Why Contribution Limits Pose a Threat to Free Speech

November 3, 2017   •  By Alex Cordell   •  ,

Aside from voting, one of the most effective ways Americans can generate change in their government is to speak out and educate more of ...

Does Money Buy Elections? According to Alabama, Evidently Not.

November 1, 2017   •  By Alex Cordell   •  , ,

Proponents of greater speech regulation often argue that candidates and groups who spend more money on elections have an unfair advantage, and, therefore, that ...

The Connection between Tax Financing of Political Campaigns and Free Speech

October 31, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Taxpayer-financing of political campaigns is an increasingly salient issue at the state and local level. Advocates of greater campaign finance regulation argue such policies ...

Why Donor Privacy Matters for Free Speech

October 27, 2017   •  By Alex Cordell   •  , ,

Since our nation’s founding, the right of every American to freely support the causes they believe in has been paramount. Unfortunately, this right is ...

Why Does the Institute for Free Speech Have a Lantern in its Logo?

October 25, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Our new name, the Institute for Free Speech, is almost self-explanatory. What may be less clear to a casual observer is the Institute’s choice ...

Is Money Speech?

October 25, 2017   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Sometimes people ask why the Institute for Free Speech should be so concerned with protecting the rights of individuals to make expenditures and contributions ...

Lee Goodman Offers Spirited Defense of First Amendment in Campaign Finance Law

October 22, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

How big a problem is “dark money”? What about corporate spending in politics? Why doesn’t the FEC take a stronger stand against political activities ...

Over a Year Later, Coloradans Find out Exactly What was in Legislators’ Disclosure Bill

October 16, 2017   •  By Alex Cordell   •  ,

Last Sunday, candidates who had already begun their campaigns for Colorado’s 2018 state elections received a rude awakening when news broke that the reach ...

Reduction in Political Speech Under Connecticut’s Tax-Financing Program is Nothing to Cheer

October 13, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Connecticut legislators recently hit a bump in the road in their effort to defund a state program that provides taxpayer funding to political campaigns. ...

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