[EL] FYI? My National Law Journal op-ed on the coming end of campaign finance reform

[Schultz, David A.]

Dear Ilya:

Good questions that I confess I am still working out.  My preliminary
answer is that the Court has gotten it mostly wrong on the money and
politics issues from the days of Buckley on and simply saying more public
funding is not necessarily the whole answer but a piece of it.  I actually
do believe that there are other compelling interests to justify limits on
both contributions and and expenditures and we need to rethink some of them
as well as simply begin to recognize, as I argue, that money is not the way
to allocate political power.


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Ilya Shapiro <IShapiro at cato.org> wrote:

>  I agree with your analysis of the Court's logic, and of Buckley's
> original sin, but what's your solution to the problem you identify
> (political inequality). Increased public funding of campaigns, but not
> triggered in a way that would implicate FEC v Davis/Arizona?
>
> Ilya Shapiro
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> On Jun 2, 2014, at 2:59 PM, "Schultz, David A." <dschultz at hamline.edu>
> wrote:
>
>   For those of you who are interested:
>
> "'Money Is Speech' Was Never Spoken"
> http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202657436451
>
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David Schultz, Professor
Editor, Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE)
Hamline University
Department of Political Science
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MS B 1805
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104
651.523.2858 (voice)
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http://davidschultz.efoliomn.com/
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http://schultzstake.blogspot.com/
Twitter:  @ProfDSchultz
My latest book:  Election Law and Democratic Theory, Ashgate Publishing
http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754675433
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