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The campaign finance cases : Buckley, McConnell, Citizens United, and McCutcheon /

"[This book] tells the legal story of campaign finance reform from the early efforts in Buckley v. Valeo (1976), to the McConnell v. FEC case in 2003 that largely upheld the McCain-Feingold Act, to the landmark Citizens United and McCutcheon decisions. Legal historian Melvin Urofsky shows that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Urofsky, Melvin I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Colección:Landmark law cases & American society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Campaign finance reform before 1971
  • Reform and response : the Federal Election Campaign Act and Buckley
  • Soft money, PACs, and the failure of campaign finance reform after 1976
  • The road to McCain-Feingold
  • The Supreme Court and elections : from Buckley to McConnell
  • Interlude : confusion in the District Court
  • McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
  • From McConnell to Citizens United
  • Meet Mr. McCutcheon
  • Afterword
  • Appendix A. Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
  • Appendix B. 1974 amendments to FECA
  • Appendix C. 1976 amendments to FECA
  • Appendix D. 1979 amendments to FECS
  • Appendix E. Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.