Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Regulation : Buckley v. Valeo and Its Supreme Court Progeny.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge-made law.

Constitutional law.

Financial disclosure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses Supreme Court views on campaign finance regulation and constitutionality of the Federal Election Campaign Act in the First Amendment case of Buckley v. Valeo, and subsequent cases. Looks at contribution and expenditure limits, disclosure requirements, ballot initiatives, corporate expenditures, labor union solicitation of political action committee funds, political party and committee expenditures, leaflet distribution in issue-based elections, and political party soft money and electioneering communication restrictions.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Regulation

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