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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... contributions and spending, while the nation's law journals are filled with articles, often sadly divorced from any empirical analysis of campaign giving and spending, that suggest ever more creative ways to regulate political speech ...
... spending is not exploding, but in fact is rising at a slower pace than ... contributions seem to have remarkably little effect on legislative behavior ... Money Can Buy,” but virtually none that attempts to make the case for freedom. On ...
... contributions and spending. In fact, casual observers are often shocked to discover that the regulation of political contributions and expenditures is a relatively recent phenomenon, even though the concerns that have led to such ...
... contributions to candidates or total spending by candidates, but merely regulated a type of spending by candidates that appeared to be little more than straightforward bribes for votes, the notion being that giving the man a quart of ...
... spending continued to grow. In the presidential election of 1860, supporters of Abraham Lincoln reportedly spent ... contributions from those they appointed to office, civil service reform sought not to protect legislators or the government ...
Contents
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS | 107 |
REAL AND IMAGINED REFORM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE | 167 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 279 |