Unfree Speech: The Folly of Campaign Finance ReformAt 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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... action ever brought under the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), which, as amended, remains our basic national campaign finance law. The case made plain the extent to which FECA was one of the most radical laws ever passed in the ...
... actions against them to proceed. The speakers' First Amendment rights would have been pushed aside because of the allegedly “compelling” government interest in preventing corruption, or the “appearance of corruption,” 5 INTRODUCTION.
... actions would 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 ...
... actions of a person running for office and urged voters to defeat that candidate at the polls? Would it matter if Smith had spent thousands of dollars to design and promote his web site? If so, why? And if Smith's speech is subject to ...
... action against Forbes, Inc. Yet dropping the enforcement action raised questions as well. For it is clear that Forbes, Inc., or any other publisher of a newspaper or magazine, could give editorial space to writers other than the ...
Contents
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |