Free Speech and the Widening Gyre of Fund-Raising: Why Campaign Spending Limits May Not Violate the First Amendment after All Symposium on Campaign Finance Reform

Authors

Vincent A. Blasi, Columbia Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1994

Abstract

Candidates for office spend too much of their time raising money. This is scarcely a controversial proposition. A major impetus for campaign finance reform is the frustration politicians now feel concerning how much time they must devote to courting potential donors, often by methods borrowed from the marketplace that can only be described as demeaning. The situation has gotten worse as electoral merchandising has grown ever more sophisticated and expensive.

Disciplines

Constitutional Law | First Amendment | Law

Recommended Citation

Vincent A. Blasi, Free Speech and the Widening Gyre of Fund-Raising: Why Campaign Spending Limits May Not Violate the First Amendment after All Symposium on Campaign Finance Reform, 94 Colum. L. Rev 1281 (1994).
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