Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
Is the so-called Millionaires’ Amendment, which permits federal candidates who are running against self-funded opponents to receive contributions significantly above the standard federal statutory ceiling constitutional?
Federal law caps contributions to federal candidates, but the Supreme Court has ruled that limits on how much money a candidate can contribute to his or her own campaign are unconstitutional. This case tests the 2002 Millionaires’ Amendment, which enables candidates for Congress running against self-financing opponents to obtain contributions well above the ordinary statutory ceiling and also imposes additional reporting requirements on self-funding candidates.
Disciplines
Election Law | Law | Supreme Court of the United States
Recommended Citation
Richard Briffault,
Can Congress Authorize the Opponents of Self-Financed Candidates to Receive Extra-Large Contributions?,
35
Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cases
316
(2008).
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https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/4225
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