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Anti-Regulatory Absolutism In The Campaign Arena: Citizens United And The Implied Slippery Slope, James A. Gardner
Anti-Regulatory Absolutism In The Campaign Arena: Citizens United And The Implied Slippery Slope, James A. Gardner
James Gardner
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Free Speech And Quid Pro Quo: The Case Of Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club Pac V. Bennett, Wes Larsen
Free Speech And Quid Pro Quo: The Case Of Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club Pac V. Bennett, Wes Larsen
Wes Larsen
One of the most pressing issues attached to any political race is the need for campaign finance reform. This necessity is especially urgent for governments that have suffered from intense political scandals, such as those that occurred in Arizona during the latter part of the last century. To curb future political corruption, Arizona passed the Arizona Citizens Clean Election Act of 1998, which set specific limitations on private campaign spending and implemented trigger mechanisms to cut off public funding for state office candidates upon use of private funds.
As practical as the Arizona law may have been, however, the U.S. …
Putting Watergate Behind Us: Salinas, Sun-Diamond, And Two Views Of The Anticorruption Model, George D. Brown
Putting Watergate Behind Us: Salinas, Sun-Diamond, And Two Views Of The Anticorruption Model, George D. Brown
George D. Brown
A central question in the ongoing debate over the future of the American political system is how to deal with public corruption. This Article first examines the dominant theme of the last thirty years: a relatively hard-line approach that Professor Brown refers to as the post-watergate concensus. In recent years, however, this approach has been subject to growing criminalization of government ethics; Professor Brown then turns to what can be viewed as the counterrevolutionary critique. Against this background, he considers the United States Supreme Court's contribution to the debate. Starting with the recent Sun-Diamond and Salinas cases, and drawing from …
Corruption, Clients, And Political Machines: A Response To Professor Issacharoff, Stephen E. Sachs
Corruption, Clients, And Political Machines: A Response To Professor Issacharoff, Stephen E. Sachs
Stephen E. Sachs
Responding to Samuel Issacharoff, On Political Corruption, 124 Harv. L. Rev. 118 (2010) In his comment on political corruption, Professor Samuel Issacharoff questions traditional accounts that aim to squeeze money out of politics entirely. Instead, he focuses on the danger that political spending will promote private influence over government policy. In this response, Professor Stephen E. Sachs argues that "private influence" is itself too broad a category to control, and that campaign finance policy should be restricted to a more manageable scope. Professor Sachs argues that if protecting the government from private influence is too diffuse a goal, we can …
Paul V. The Clintons, Et Al: Fec Complicity And A Plea For Real And Present Campaign Finance Reform, Ellis Washington
Paul V. The Clintons, Et Al: Fec Complicity And A Plea For Real And Present Campaign Finance Reform, Ellis Washington
Ellis Washington
This Article is an analysis of current legislation, case law and election law policy regarding campaign finance disclosure rules and the need for a truly independent Federal Election Commission to efficiently enforce existing election laws. Admittedly, this article isn’t as theoretical as other scholarly works on this subject, however, since campaign finance reform is a rather complex subject, I didn’t want to get caught up in the endless minutiae of legislative and court opinion other than a general review in the context of the case at bar as well as the present state of campaign finance reform policy. I also …