Grassroots Lobbying : Constitutionality of Disclosure Requirements.

Discusses constitutional issues that may arise if a Federal law is enacted to extend public reporting requirements for activities intended to stimulate "grassroots" lobbying. Examines constitutional protection of lobbying and advocacy activities, governmental interest in lobbying disclosur...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Constitutional law. Government information. Political ethics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses constitutional issues that may arise if a Federal law is enacted to extend public reporting requirements for activities intended to stimulate "grassroots" lobbying. Examines constitutional protection of lobbying and advocacy activities, governmental interest in lobbying disclosures, disclosure of direct vs. indirect lobbying, "as-applied" analysis, and judicial decisions and State grassroots lobbying disclosure.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.