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The Return Of Spending Limits: Campaign Finance After Landell V. Sorrell, Richard Briffault
The Return Of Spending Limits: Campaign Finance After Landell V. Sorrell, Richard Briffault
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The article begins by introducing Landell and stating that it is an important decision in campaign finance law because it is the first time since Buckley that a court has held that a candidate expenditure limitation can be constitutional. It then goes through a history of the evolving judicial consideration of candidate expenditure limitations, discussing cases such as Buckley, Homans, and Landell. The article continues by discussing the Landell panels assertion that public funding and spending limits may actually be in conflict with one another. It then goes through some arguments that make the case for spending limits, including prevention …
Local Innovations And Practical Answers To Campaign Costs, Bill Green
Local Innovations And Practical Answers To Campaign Costs, Bill Green
Fordham Urban Law Journal
In this transcript, former Congressman Bill Green and a member of the New York City Campaign Finance Board moderated a panel a five-person panel on the challenges campaign finance reformers face attempting to limit demand with regard to campaign finance. The panelists discussed the relationship between public campaign subsidies and efforts to encourage candidates to limit spending, provide more disclosure, restrict contribution amounts, and to mandate debate participation in the wake of the Supreme Court’s rejection of mandatory spending limits for federal candidates in Buckley v. Valeo, The panel also addressed reform efforts that seek to ease the demand for …
Integrity And Ethical Standards In New York State Government: Final Report To The Governor, New York State Commission On Government Integrity
Integrity And Ethical Standards In New York State Government: Final Report To The Governor, New York State Commission On Government Integrity
Fordham Urban Law Journal
September 1990 letter from the New York State Commission on Government Integrity to Governor Mario M. Cuomo. “This letter constitutes the final report of the Commission on Government Integrity. The Commission was created by Executive Order 88.1 and directed to examine a wide variety of subjects concerning government integrity in New York State. Since its inception, the Commission has submitted 20 reports containing specific recommendations for reform of New York laws, regulations and procedures. Some of these recommendations can be implemented by executive order; others require action by the New York State Legislature. Most of the recommendations would impose no …
Restoring The Public Trust: A Blueprint For Government Integrity, New York State Commission On Government Integrity
Restoring The Public Trust: A Blueprint For Government Integrity, New York State Commission On Government Integrity
Fordham Urban Law Journal
September 1990 report of the New York State Commission on Government Integrity calling for "sweeping reforms to our laws to safeguard the public sector from the pressures brought to bear by private sector special interests and to reduce the temptation of officials to abuse their trust." In this "blueprint," the Commission identified several aspects of state government requiring legal and ethical reform, including: - campaign finance contribution limits, disclosure requirements, the public funding option, and ineffective enforcement by the State Board of Elections; - political influence in the judicial selection process; - limitations of the Ethics in Government Act; - …