Add to ORKGAs a result of the recent Citizens United decision and its “Super PAC” spawn, individuals, corporations, and unions are allowed to independently spend unlimited amounts to influence elections. The ramifications of the Citizens United ruling have seemingly had a grave impact on the 2016 Presidential Election. In addition to examining the laws—and their loopholes—of political campaign contributions, this Essay will also explore the economics of campaign contributions. Ultimately, there are two reasons as to why corporations provide such large sums of money: one is rent creation, which is the attempt to gain political favors for “special interests;” the second is rent extraction, which is an attempt to avoid political disfavors. As the behavio...
In many recent elections, the candidates who raise the most money have a better shot at winning, so ...
The most striking campaign finance development since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision ha...
The Article discusses how the Supreme Court erred by summarily reversing the Montana Supreme Court’s...
In the era of Citizens United, as the notion of campaign finance becomes increasingly more entrenche...
Campaign finance laws were passed with the intent to prevent large sums of money from entering the e...
In 2010, the United States Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision ruled that limiting corporate spending in...
How political campaigns are financed directly affects every citizen in the United States. This can b...
Due to the combination of a host of factors – among them being the Supreme Court decision in the cas...
Voters increasingly view their consumer activities, not their campaign contributions, as the most me...
Over the last five years, the rules regulating money in federal elections have become increasingly l...
While the public blames the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC for the...
As political spending reaches new highs in the 2012 election cycle, and as the controversy surroundi...
Among contemporary United States Supreme Court rulings that have impacted the structure of our natio...
Money in politics is the single largest threat to the democratic system in the United States. It inf...
This Article examines the current campaign finance jurisprudence in the United States, with a partic...
In many recent elections, the candidates who raise the most money have a better shot at winning, so ...
The most striking campaign finance development since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision ha...
The Article discusses how the Supreme Court erred by summarily reversing the Montana Supreme Court’s...
In the era of Citizens United, as the notion of campaign finance becomes increasingly more entrenche...
Campaign finance laws were passed with the intent to prevent large sums of money from entering the e...
In 2010, the United States Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision ruled that limiting corporate spending in...
How political campaigns are financed directly affects every citizen in the United States. This can b...
Due to the combination of a host of factors – among them being the Supreme Court decision in the cas...
Voters increasingly view their consumer activities, not their campaign contributions, as the most me...
Over the last five years, the rules regulating money in federal elections have become increasingly l...
While the public blames the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC for the...
As political spending reaches new highs in the 2012 election cycle, and as the controversy surroundi...
Among contemporary United States Supreme Court rulings that have impacted the structure of our natio...
Money in politics is the single largest threat to the democratic system in the United States. It inf...
This Article examines the current campaign finance jurisprudence in the United States, with a partic...
In many recent elections, the candidates who raise the most money have a better shot at winning, so ...
The most striking campaign finance development since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision ha...
The Article discusses how the Supreme Court erred by summarily reversing the Montana Supreme Court’s...