Campaign Finance Regulation Under the First Amendment : Buckley v. Valeo and Its Supreme Court Progeny.

Discusses Supreme Court views on campaign finance regulation and constitutionality of the Federal Election Campaign Act in the First Amendment case of Buckley v. Valeo, and subsequent cases. Looks at contribution and expenditure limits, disclosure requirements, ballot initiatives, corporate expendit...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Campaign funds. Judge-made law. Constitutional law. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses Supreme Court views on campaign finance regulation and constitutionality of the Federal Election Campaign Act in the First Amendment case of Buckley v. Valeo, and subsequent cases. Looks at contribution and expenditure limits, disclosure requirements, ballot initiatives, corporate expenditures, labor union solicitation of political action committee funds, political party and committee expenditures, and leaflet distribution in issue-based elections.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.