Explainers

Prof. Bradley Smith illustrates some ways money is used in practice to ensure people have free speech. For example, money used to build a ...

Professor Brad Smith asks you to imagine the following scenario: at the height of the War on Terror, the government passes a second PATRIOT ...

The issue of public funding for political campaigns is heating up as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to take up the case of Arizona ...

Proponents of taxpayer-funded political campaigns, often called “clean elections” by their proponents, cite the ability of an increased number of diverse, non-traditional candidates able to run for and ...

The internet has arguably transformed politics more than any innovation since the rise of television-first made prominent by John Kennedy in his debate against ...

One of the main arguments in favor of taxpayer-funded political campaigns, sometimes called “clean elections,” is that they will lead to more diverse legislatures, and that a larger ...

Of the several policy proposals circulating Capitol Hill to correct lobbying abuses, strengthen the relative voice of citizens, and add accountability to the earmarking process, one ...