Advocates of campaign finance regulation often claim that contributions to political candidates must be limited to guard against corruption. They argue that, as contribution limits increase, so too ...
As a constitutional law professor, it is a privilege to have an article appear in the Wiley A. Branton Symposium at an institution that has played ...
All 24 states that permit voters to cast ballots directly on policy matters also require that contributions and expenditures on ballot issue campaigns be disclosed ...
Three years ago the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It found that Congress lacked the power to prohibit independent ...
That wealthy individuals, corporations and unions, or well-funded associations of people should make large contributions to parties and candidates, and that expenses in political races ...
The 2008 election cycle was the first in Connecticut in which candidates for state legislature could choose to accept taxpayer dollars to fund their campaigns, ...
The Montana Supreme Court won national attention recently when it decided that the First Amendment does not fully protect the speech and association rights of ...
Two years and two election cycles into the Super PAC era, the media firestorm against free speech and association has been palpable. A Google search ...
Two years and two election cycles into the Super PAC era, the media firestorm against free speech and association has been palpable. A Google search ...
In the wake of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the scope of political speech protected under the ...