The Fallacy of Campaign Finance ReformUniversity of Chicago Press, 2008 M09 15 - 328 páginas At first glance, campaign finance reform looks like a good idea. McCain-Feingold, for instance, regulates campaigns by prohibiting national political parties from accepting soft money contributions from corporations, labor unions, and wealthy individuals. But are such measures, or any of the numerous and similarly restrictive proposals that have circulated through Washington in recent years, really good for our democracy? |
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... in the Constitution. Most people are wrong. You are reading these words right now because of money. The University of Chicago Press has spent tens of thousands of dollars producing this book. If the government restricted that spending ...
... in the First Amendment to the Constitution.32 Much of what follows concerns the Progressive vision, the ideals that have animated and informed the long crusade to restrict money in politics. Understanding that vision helps us understand ...
... U.S. Constitution to protect that general interest against that threat. But they did not look to government to impose a substantive notion of the general interest by suppressing particular interests. Instead, Madison and others proposed ...
... to the U.S. Constitution is uncompromising. It states that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech.” The founders thought freedom of speech should be free of the usual tradeoffs that mark the birth of most laws ...
... to the Constitution, James Madison noted that “government is instituted, and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people; which consists in the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the right of acquiring and using property, and ...
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