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Money, politics, and the first amendment : fifty years of Supreme Court decisions and campaign finance reforms / edited by Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Campaign funds--Law and legislation--United States.
- Campaign funds.
- Campaign funds--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Campaign funds--Law and legislation.
- Campaign funds--Corrupt practices.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- 2026 will be the 50th anniversary of the landmark Buckley v. Valeo Supreme Court decision that fundamentally reshaped the role of money in politics in the US. In that decision, the Court ruled that restrictions on candidate campaign spending were violations of the First Amendment. In 'Money, Politics, and the First Amendment', Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone have gathered a cast of eminent professors, judges, and politicians, including Senators Amy Klobuchar and Sheldon Whitehouse, to analyze the initial decision and its long aftermath in the fullest scope possible.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Opening Dialogue
- Part I Introduction to the Supreme Court: Decisions on Campaign Finance Regulation
- 1 Buckley v. Valeo's Dubious yet Durable Contribution-Expenditure Distinction
- 2 How Buckley v. Valeo Led Us Astray
- Part II Critiques and a Defense of the Major Decisions
- 3 Getting It Wrong: The Supreme Court and Campaign Finance
- 4 Citizens United: Cracks in the Faade
- 5 A Defense of Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC
- Part III Campaign Finance and Race
- 6 Race and Campaign Finance Deregulation
- Part IV Recommendations for Legislation on Campaign Finance Reform
- 7 Money Talks, Dark Money Whispers: How Anonymous, Unlimited Political Spending Is Corrupting American Democracy
- 8 Elections in the Age of A.I.
- Part V Arguments Interpreting The ""Corruption'' Rationale
- 9 Corruption, Campaign Finance, and Criminal Law: Buckley's Legacy
- 10 Campaign Finance and ""Real"" Corruption
- 11 Buckley at 50: By What Right?
- Part VI The Effect of Campaign Finance: On Political Institutions
- 12 Buckley v. Valeo: Doctrinal Difficulties and Institutional Failure
- 13 Campaign Finance and Political Polarization
- 14 Party Campaign Finance: From FECA To Modern Hyperpartisanship
- 15 Plutocratic Democracy, Elon Musk, and the Limits of Campaign Finance Reform
- Part VII The Relationship Between Campaign Finance and the State of American Democracy
- 16 A Political Question?: Partisan Gerrymandering, Campaign Finance Regulation, and the Supreme Court
- 17 Without Buckley, Would American Democracy Really Be All That Different?
- 18 Campaign Finance and Contemporary Political Dysfunction
- Part VIII A Comparative Approach to Campaign Finance
- 19 Leveling The Playing Field: Insights from Comparative Constitutional Law
- Closing Statement
- Other Books by Bollinger & Stone
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on July 1, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Money, politics, and the First Amendment.
- ISBN:
- 9780197821947
- 0197821944
- OCLC:
- 1561528151
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000328966
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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