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Advocacy; First Amendment; Campaign finance; Campaign finance regulations Campaign contributions; Federal Election Campaign Act; Reform; Democracy; Purchasing political influence; Free speech values; Voting Rights Act; Freedom

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Producing Democratic Vibrancy, K. Sabeel Rahman Dec 2016

Producing Democratic Vibrancy, K. Sabeel Rahman

Journal of Law and Policy

Professor Rahman gives his thoughts and opinions on the impact of Citizens' United v. FEC and the growth of the First Amendment debate since. The comment analyzes the normative udnerstanding of democracy and the ongoing debate campaifgn finance have. Professor Rahman concludes by suggesting that the debate is wrongly focused on the indivudals being consumers of politcal speech rather than the producers of it.