[EL] Adelson

[Lowenstein, Daniel]

       What does it suggest when a group of election law specialists spend a day debating abuses that might possibly arise from large contributions to a presidential candidate by an individual who might be the subject of a federal investigation, without noting that the candidate in question will not be elected president and never had more than the most remote prospect of being elected president?

         My answer is, it suggests a discipline preoccupied with abstractions and too often out of touch with political reality.

             Best,

             Daniel H. Lowenstein
             Director, Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions (CLAFI)
             UCLA Law School
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