ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Introductions and FAQs > Campaign Finance Reform

Regulations already discourage grassroots politics
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

"Federal Election Commission member Bradley A. Smith warns that the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill will further discourage 'the little guy' from participating in political contests." (03/21/01)

What's wrong with a constitutional amendment on campaign finance reform?
Source: ACLU
Country: United States

Amending the Constitution in the name of so-called "campaign finance reform" would constitute the first-ever constitutional assault on the Bill of Rights and would muzzle advocacy groups and commentators on political issues. (1998)

What's wrong with pending legislation that seeks to regulate issue advocacy?
Source: ACLU
Country: United States

Attempts to regulate or restrict the right of politically active groups to comment on current issues strike at the heart of free speech and reserve debate to professional politicians. (1998)

The perils of campaign-finance disclosure laws
Source: Reason
Author: Brian Doherty
Country: United States

Bureaucratic campaign finance restrictions turn political activism into an expensive and dangerous legal minefield. (3/96)

A 'radical' for the FEC?
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Roger Pilon
Country: United States

Resistance to the appointment of Professor Bradley A. Smith to the Federal Elections Commission centers around his belief in the sanctity of free speech. (7/30/99)

How the duopoly preserves its power
Source: Harry Browne 2000
Author: William J. Olson & Herbert W. Titus, attorneys at law
State: CO, Country: United States

Olson and Titus demonstrate how unconstitutional law and clever exemptions from that law give the Democratic and Republican parties a stranglehold on American elections. They also outline the basis for challenging that duopoly.

Campaign finance reform FAQ
Source: ATR
Country: United States

Americans for Tax Reform has a number of resources for those seeking 'talking points' to battle the latest wave of "campaign reform" now sweeping the nation. (01/28/02)

McCain-Feingold is unconstitutional
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

Many legal scholars predict that the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually find the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill to contain an impermissible and unacceptable attack on the First Amendment's core protections of political freedom. (04/06/01)

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