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First Amendment and Campaigns: More Campaign Speech Benefits Voters
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

At the heart of the First Amendment is the assumption that Americans are best served by a full and free discussion of whom to elect. The American system of government sits atop the bedrock of the First Amendment. From the pamphleteering of the founding era to the Facebook ads of today, political campaigns have been premised upon free and open…

SCOTUS Brief in Brief: Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
February 20, 2018   •  By Alex Cordell   •  , ,

On February 28, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky. In 2010, Minnesota prohibited a ...

Can the Clinton Campaign Be Indicted?
February 18, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 Russians for various violations of U.S. law pertaining to elections is drawing a lot of quick and ...

“Fix It America” constitutional amendment is latest attempt to undo First Amendment 
February 16, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Will the Twenty-Eighth Amendment be a repeal of the First? One proposed amendment might amount to that. It calls for sweeping regulations on the ...

Campaign “Pledges” Are Often Self-Serving for Incumbents
February 8, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Members of Congress don’t get along much these days. Americans are well aware that they live in a time of great partisan division, one ...

Every American’s Ability to Speak About the President is What Really Makes America Great
January 31, 2018   •  By Alex Cordell   •  , ,

No president in the history of the United States has ever had a 100% approval rating, and likely no president ever will. The Trump ...

Cato Institute Hosts Discussion on Corruption and Virtue in a Republic
January 29, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , , ,

Last week, the Cato Institute hosted a book forum on The Republic of Virtue: How We Tried to Ban Corruption, Failed, and What We ...

Amicus Brief: Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al. v. Joe Mansky, et al.
January 12, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Candidate Oprah? Campaign Finance Laws Would Give Her a Leg Up
January 8, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

Oprah Winfrey’s speech at the Golden Globes this Sunday sparked speculation over whether the billionaire celebrity might run for president in 2020. Some are ...

More campaign finance regulation means less political free speech
December 27, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

Political donors have undermined “the very legitimacy of our democracy,” according to Russ Feingold, a former Democratic U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. In a recent ...

Out-of-State Spending Was a Tool for Local Change in Alabama
December 13, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

The Alabama special election for U.S. Senate concluded Tuesday with a win for Democrat Doug Jones. Given the deep-red electoral history of the state, ...

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