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LiozAdam
Bio: LiozAdam is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supreme court & Campaign finance. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 2 citations.
Topics: Supreme court, Campaign finance
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TL;DR: The authors proposes a more nuanced conception of the relationship between money and speech than courts or commentators have typically employed, suggesting that money can act to facilitate the creation, provision, or amplification of speech in various social contexts.
Abstract: Supreme Court doctrine assumes that limits on political spending threaten Free Speech but does not adequately address the precise relationship of money to speech or the precise harms the Court seeks to avoid. The result has been a money-in-politics jurisprudence steeped in fear and speculation rather than focused on the best ways to both facilitate robust political speech and protect the equal citizenship at the core of our democracy. This article takes potential threats to free expression seriously by defining dangers with particularity and suggesting the proper role of courts in safeguarding against them. To facilitate this inquiry, the article proposes a more nuanced conception of the relationship between money and speech than courts or commentators have typically employed, suggesting that money can act to facilitate the creation, provision, or amplification of speech in various social contexts.
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TL;DR: The history of the Millionaire's Amendment, a short-lived provision of campaign finance law that played a significant role in Barack Obama's successful 2004 Senate campaign, is discussed in this paper, where the authors argue that beyond the Amendment's role in that single, fateful race, it provides a useful test case for examining competing paradigms for regulating money in politics.
Abstract: This piece excavates the history of the Millionaire's Amendment, a short-lived provision of campaign finance law that played a significant role in Barack Obama's successful 2004 Senate campaign. It argues that beyond the Amendment's role in that single, fateful race, it supplies a useful test case for examining competing paradigms for regulating money in politics.
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06 Jun 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, the optimal policy is to set the contribution limits as low as possible without causing a funding crisis, and the optimal solution is to limit contributions to the political system.
Abstract: Political donations provide many benefits to democracy but raise the risk of corruption. The optimal policy is to set the contribution limits as low as possible without causing a funding s...
2 citations