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Super PACs: Expanding Freedom of Speech

January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Super PACs are simply groups of like-minded citizens pooling their resources to support or oppose political candidates independently of those candidates’ campaigns. The product of a unanimous U.S. Court of Appeals decision in SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission, super PACs have ensured that Americans do not lose their First Amendment rights when they join together in groups. Super PACs are…

When Democracy is the Problem

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July 24, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  

The latest report on non-profit "election activity" by the Campaign Finance Institute illustrates the intellectual dead end at which the campaign finance regulatory movement finds ...

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