The campaign finance cases Buckley, McConnell, Citizens United, and McCutcheon / Melvin I. Urofsky.

Author/creator Urofsky, Melvin I.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Descriptionxv, 237 pages ; 23 cm.
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SeriesLandmark law cases & American society
Contents Campaign finance reform before 1971 -- Reform and response : the Federal Election Campaign Act and Buckley -- Soft money, PACs, and the failure of campaign finance reform after 1976 -- The road to McCain-Feingold -- The Supreme Court and elections : from Buckley to McConnell -- Interlude : confusion in the District Court -- McConnell v. Federal Election Commission -- From McConnell to Citizens United -- Meet Mr. McCutcheon.
Abstract "The Campaign Finance Cases tells the legal story of campaign finance reform from the early efforts in Buckley v. Valeo (1976), to the McConnell v. FEC case in 2003 that largely upheld the McCain-Feingold Act, to the landmark Citizens United and McCutcheon decisions. Noted legal historian Melvin Urofsky shows that the early effort to distinguish between donated money as opposed to money spent by candidates made little sense. For all the uproar about Citizens United, the decision made good legal sense, but now it is up to Congress to enact campaign finance regulation that meets the Court's criteria"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020006825
ISBN9780700629879 (hardback ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780700629886 (paperback ; alk. paper)
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