Category: Const Law Issues

One of the main proponents of the legislation introduced as the Fair Elections Now Act is now apparently referring to the law as The Trustworthy Government Now Act.  The name change is noted in a Change Congress release discussing Sen. Nelson and charging him with “good souls corruption.”

George Will’s editorial in today’s Post discusses efforts to regulate political speech. If corruption is as ubiquitous as [Professor Zephyr] Teachout’s standard (“self-serving” behavior) says, then reasons for restricting political speech also are ubiquitous. Under today’s regulatory and redistributionist government, which is busily allocating wealth and opportunity, politics frequently “appears” to many people “self-serving.” It […]

Earlier I questioned whether one press release was evidence that the Fair Elections Now Act was gaining steam.  The Center for Competitive Politics discovered more press releases, but according to the group there is hardly a basis for concluding that support for the proposal is growing. Quite frankly, if “momentum” really was “building” — as […]