Add to ORKGRecent studies have demonstrated that massive one-sided spending in opposition to ballot measures has been highly successful in defeating such proposals. Supreme Court decisions have cast serious doubt on the constitutionality of statutes designed to curb this dominating influence by limiting corporate spending in ballot measure campaigns. This Note surveys the theoretical bases for upholding these statutes against first amendment challenge. After considering the view that any infringement on first amendment rights is justified by a compelling state interest, the Note discusses the view that restrictions on corporate political speech entail no infringement of the speaker\u27s first amendment rights. The Note presents a theoretical justifica...
The government speech doctrine permits the government to convey its stance on issues through its act...
This Note\u27s thesis is that ballot measure limitations unconstitutionally infringe upon the rights...
No case in the Supreme Court’s last term was more controversial than Citizens United v. Federal Elec...
Recent studies have demonstrated that massive one-sided spending in opposition to ballot measures ha...
The Supreme Court spoke clearly this Term on the issue of corporate political speech, concluding in ...
This Note examines the concept of corporate personhood and whether the state-created corporate entit...
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, 494 U.S. 652 (1990), that it ...
The Supreme Court spoke clearly this Term on the issue of corporate political speech, concluding in ...
This Note will argue that even if money is not speech for First Amendment purposes, campaign contrib...
Although government entities frequently engage in issue-related campaign speech on a variety of cont...
Nearly half of U.S. states offer a ballot initiative process that citizens may use to pass legislati...
The Supreme Court has addressed only a few occasions the extent to which corporations enjoy those co...
In the campaign finance realm, we are in the age of the imperial First Amendment. Over the past nine...
Freedom of speech is one of our most valued rights; however, it is also one of the most contentious....
The Supreme Court has addressed only a few occasions the extent to which corporations enjoy those co...
The government speech doctrine permits the government to convey its stance on issues through its act...
This Note\u27s thesis is that ballot measure limitations unconstitutionally infringe upon the rights...
No case in the Supreme Court’s last term was more controversial than Citizens United v. Federal Elec...
Recent studies have demonstrated that massive one-sided spending in opposition to ballot measures ha...
The Supreme Court spoke clearly this Term on the issue of corporate political speech, concluding in ...
This Note examines the concept of corporate personhood and whether the state-created corporate entit...
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, 494 U.S. 652 (1990), that it ...
The Supreme Court spoke clearly this Term on the issue of corporate political speech, concluding in ...
This Note will argue that even if money is not speech for First Amendment purposes, campaign contrib...
Although government entities frequently engage in issue-related campaign speech on a variety of cont...
Nearly half of U.S. states offer a ballot initiative process that citizens may use to pass legislati...
The Supreme Court has addressed only a few occasions the extent to which corporations enjoy those co...
In the campaign finance realm, we are in the age of the imperial First Amendment. Over the past nine...
Freedom of speech is one of our most valued rights; however, it is also one of the most contentious....
The Supreme Court has addressed only a few occasions the extent to which corporations enjoy those co...
The government speech doctrine permits the government to convey its stance on issues through its act...
This Note\u27s thesis is that ballot measure limitations unconstitutionally infringe upon the rights...
No case in the Supreme Court’s last term was more controversial than Citizens United v. Federal Elec...