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Author Shaw, Daron R., 1966- author

Title The appearance of corruption : testing the Supreme Court's assumptions about campaign finance reform / Daron R. Shaw, Brian E. Roberts, Mijeong Baek
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations
Summary "The sanctity of political speech is a key element of the U.S. Constitution and a cornerstone of the American republic. When the Supreme Court linked political speech to campaign finance in its landmark Buckley v. Valeo (1976) decision, the modern era of campaign finance regulation was born. In practical terms, this decision meant that in order to pass constitutional muster, any laws limiting money in politics must be narrowly-tailored and serve a compelling state interest. The lone state interest the Court was willing to entertain was the mitigation of corruption. In order to reach this argument the Court advanced a sophisticated behavioral model, one with key assumptions about how laws will affect voters' opinions and behavior. These assumptions have received surprisingly little attention in the literature. This book takes up the task of identifying and analyzing empirically the Court's presumed links between campaign finance regulations and political opinions and behavior. In so doing, we rely on original survey data and experiments from 2009-2016 to openly confront the question of what happens when the Supreme Court is wrong, and when the foundation of over 40 years of jurisprudence is simply not true"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 09, 2021)
Subject United States. Supreme Court.
SUBJECT United States. Supreme Court fast
Subject Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States
Campaign funds -- Corrupt practices -- United States
Elections -- Corrupt practices -- United States
Political corruption -- United States.
Campaign funds -- Corrupt practices
Campaign funds -- Law and legislation
Elections -- Corrupt practices
Political corruption
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Roberts, Brian E. (Professor), author.
Baek, Mijeong, author.
LC no. 2020028511
ISBN 9780197550397
0197550398
9780197548431
0197548431
9780197548424
0197548423