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Buckley V. Valeo, Political Disclosure And The First Amendment, Trevor Potter
Buckley V. Valeo, Political Disclosure And The First Amendment, Trevor Potter
Akron Law Review
Put differently, the reality is that disclosure’s constitutional status is unclear. The Supreme Court’s jurisprudential framework is often unpredictable. Even when the Court has been consistent in choosing a formal framework with which to approach disclosure laws, it has been inconsistent and unpredictable in applying that framework. To be sure, this issue takes on particular urgency in light of the importance both sides in the campaign finance debate attach to disclosure of campaign spending (however differently defined), and the existence of the Internet as a vehicle for immediate mass dissemination of information required to be reported. Accordingly, providing an overview …
Buckley V. Valeo: A Landmark Of Political Freedom, Joel M. Gora
Buckley V. Valeo: A Landmark Of Political Freedom, Joel M. Gora
Akron Law Review
It is appropriate for an article about the Supreme Court's Buckley opinion to appear in a law review in the Buckeye State. In terms of poll rankings, the Buckeye football team finished last season ranked number two in the polls, which was much better than the Buckley decision, which many academics have put on their list of the ten worst decisions of this century. While the football pollsters were right in ranking the Buckeyes so highly, the academic pundits are dead wrong in rating the Buckley decision so poorly.