What impact would Citizens United have on the states? Here’s a look at what a reversal of Austin would mean for Kentucky. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell ended his August recess Wednesday sitting in on U.S. Supreme Court arguments that could roll back some 30 years of Kentucky election law.
Category: Const Law Issues
YouTube and Campaign Finance Reform
Regulation in the age of information abundance. That’s what this WSJ asserts relative to campaign finance regulation. The Constitution was drafted at a time when there were few media outlets, and few people could be heard. Since then, technology has made it possible for everyone to express their views. The cost of expressing opinions continues […]
Throwing the Book at the FEC
George Will throws the book at the Federal Election Commission in this editorial. Regulations controlling political speech inevitably multiply and become increasingly indecipherable and unpredictable. The court should take the country up from McCain-Feingold, to Madison.