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Full-Text Articles in Law and Politics
Campaign Finance Reform: Central Meaning And A New Approach, Mark C. Alexander
Campaign Finance Reform: Central Meaning And A New Approach, Mark C. Alexander
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Why Is There So Little Money In U.S. Politics?, John M. De Figueiredo, Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder Jr.
Why Is There So Little Money In U.S. Politics?, John M. De Figueiredo, Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder Jr.
Faculty Scholarship
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Proposed Legislation On Judicial Election Campaign Finance, Roy A. Schotland
Proposed Legislation On Judicial Election Campaign Finance, Roy A. Schotland
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
In light of the recent extraordinary rise in judicial campaign spending, illustrated in Ohio's 2000 judicial elections (and elsewhere, and in Ohio again in 2002), we must consider improving the Model Code of Judicial Conduct. The 1999 amendments to the Code addressed campaign finance, but did not address two major problems. The first one is the absence of limits on aggregate contributions from law firms; only Texas has such limits. This gap allows large contributions from law firms to go to judges presiding in cases in which those firms participate, circumventing the recusal and disqualification triggers. The second problem is …