Supreme Court: Upholding Free Political Speech

January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Questions about free speech and the First Amendment are often decided at the Supreme Court. Over the years, the Court has dealt with such contentious political speech cases as flag burning, campaign spending limits, and banning political films. While there is typically some disagreement on the Court on any individual case, the Court has long held that for any political…

Brennan Center Outlines Strategy for More Supreme Court Rulings Upholding Speech Regulations

October 27, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Ferguson and Lee argue that the Court’s use of empirical evidence in evaluating campaign finance regulations varies from case to case, and that most ...

The Corruption of “Corruption”

July 14, 2016   •  By David Keating   •  ,

If you’ve not read Jonathan Rauch’s “How American Politics Went Insane” yet, you should. Reading his article made me think of the title of ...

Are Plutocrats Really Uniting?

May 13, 2016   •  By Paul Jossey   •  , ,

The anti-First Amendment Campaign Legal Center recently hosted noted election-law professor Rick Hasen to discuss his book ‘Plutocrats United.’ Hasen presented the book’s “reform” ...

Neutral Principles and Some Campaign Finance Problems

February 1, 2016   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

This Article has both positive and normative objectives. As a positive matter, it shows that the Roberts Court’s campaign finance regulation jurisprudence can be best explained ...

Citizens Misguided: Media Myths about Citizens United Persist in 2016

January 21, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

The Daily Beast recently marked the six year anniversary of Citizens United by carrying on one of the decision’s most prominent legacies: spurring members ...

Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus and the (Bleak) Future of Statutes that Ban False Statements in Political Campaigns

December 3, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

In this University of Pennsylvania Law Review article, author Margaret H. Zhang assesses the constitutionality of state false statement law statutes in the wake ...

Are Corporations People?

October 1, 2015   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

During the Obama years, the American left has regularly and forcefully claimed that “corporations are not people.” Progressives ranging from ordinary protestors all the way up ...

Attention Members of Congress: Super PACs Disclose Their Donors

August 23, 2015   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  ,

We often read articles and letters to the editor from individuals demanding the full disclosure of donors to Super PACs. It is an understandable ...

The People’s Pledge Gimmick: Bad for Voters

August 4, 2015   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

In the 2010 cases Citizens United v. FEC and SpeechNow.org v. FEC, courts recognized that the First Amendment protects Americans’ right to pool their resources ...

New York Times Predicts Quick End to Supreme Court (and Once Again Misstates Campaign Finance Law)

June 29, 2015   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

The New York Times, in the style that pretty much typifies all of the Times’ editorials on campaign finance, today (mis)informs us that the ...

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