Vital Signs: Pleading the First
As used today, the term “campaign finance reform” is a misnomer, albeit a useful one for its proponents. Proposals like the McCain-Feingold bill (S. 25), its House companion the Shays-Meehan bill (H.R. 493), and the Farr-Gephardt bill (H.R. 600) are more about suppressing and severely rationing the speech of citizens’ groups. Under any of these … Read more