Campaign Finance
- Democracy by the People by Thanks to a series of recent US Supreme Court decisions, corporations can now spend unlimited sums to influence elections, Super PACs and dark money groups are flourishing, and wealthy individuals and special interests increasingly dominate American politics. Despite the overwhelming support of Americans to fix this broken system, serious efforts at reform have languished. Campaign finance is a highly intricate and complex area of the law, and the current system favors the incumbent politicians who oversee it. This illuminating book takes these hard realities as a starting point and offers realistic solutions to reform campaign finance. With contributions from more than a dozen leading scholars of election law, it should be read by anyone interested in reclaiming the promise of American democracy.Call Number: E-Book Access availableISBN: 9781316822906Publication Date: 2018-12-01
The Appearance of Corruption: Testing the Supreme Court's Assumptions about Campaign Finance Reform by
A critical analysis of the connections that the United States Supreme Court has made between campaign finance regulations and voters' behavior. The sanctity of political speech is a key element of the United States Constitution and a cornerstone of the American republic. When the Supreme Court linked political speech to campaign finance in its landmark Buckley v. Valeo (1976) decision, the modern era of campaign finance regulation was born. The decision stated that in order to pass constitutional muster, any laws limiting money in politics must be narrowly tailored and serve a compelling state interest. The lone state interest the Court was willing to entertain was the mitigation of corruption. In order to reach this conclusion, the Court advanced a sophisticated behavioral model that made assumptions about how laws affect voters' opinions and behavior.
Call Number: KF4920 .S53 2021ISBN: 9780197548417Publication Date: 2021-02-16
The Campaign Finance Cases: Buckley, McConnell, Citizens United, and McCutcheon by
Discusses some of the major Supreme Court cases whose decisions had major implications for campaign finance law.
Call Number: KF4920 .U755 2020ISBN: 0700629882Publication Date: 2020-10-23
The Constitution and Campaign Finance Reform: An Anthology by
This new edition assembles the scholarship of some of the most prominent critics and supporters of jurisprudence on the U.S. Constitution and campaign finance. Contributors include academics, judges, reform advocates and practitioners, including Columbia law professor Richard Briffault, Chicago law professor Case R. Sunstei, former FCC Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, Democracy 21 president Fred Wertheimer, and former U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge J. Skelly Wright. Among many important topics, the new edition discusses the concept of money as speech, the possible compelling state interests necessary to justify government limitations, and various alternative methods of regulating campaign finance.
Call Number: KF4920 C57 2006ISBN: 9780890894248Publication Date: 2006-01-01- Campaign Finance Law: A Legal Research Guide by A legal research guide on the important topic of campaign finance law (as distinguished from election law). It provides primary sources--including federal and state statutes as well as federal and state regulations--and secondary sources on the fundamentals regarding campaign finance requirements, violations, limitations and contributions, among other issues. The guide is easy to read and use, and provides an invaluable tool and resource for lawyers, campaign workers, election officials, and the general public interested in the topic.--Publisher.Call Number: KF4920.A1 F53 2020 (Reference Collection in HHR Reading Room, 5th Floor)ISBN: 0837741270Publication Date: 2020-01-01
Free to Judge: The Power of Campaign Money in Judicial Elections by
The idea that wealthy people use their money to influence things, including politics, law, and media will surprise very few people. However, as Michael S. Kang and Joanna Shepherd argue in this readable and rich study of the state judiciary, the effect of money on judicial outcomes should disturb and anger everyone. In the current system that elects state judges, the rich and powerful can spend money to elect and re-elect judges who decide cases the way they want. Free to Judge is about how and why money increasingly affects the dispensation of justice in our legal system, and what can be done to stop it.
Call Number: KF8776 .K36 2023 (currently on New Book Shelf on 5th Floor)ISBN: 9781503627611Publication Date: 2023-08-22
