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Citizens divided : campaign finance reform and the Constitution / Robert C. Post ; with commentary by Pamela S. Karlan, Lawrence Lessig, Frank Michelman, Nadia Urbinati.
Author
Post, Robert, 1947-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Description
viii, 254 pages ; 25 cm
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Campaign funds
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Law and legislation
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United States
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Law reform
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United States
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Constitutional law
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Summary note
"The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which struck down a federal prohibition on independent corporate campaign expenditures, is one of the most controversial opinions in recent memory. Defenders of the First Amendment greeted the ruling with enthusiasm, while advocates of electoral reform recoiled in disbelief. Robert Post offers a new constitutional theory that seeks to reconcile these sharply divided camps. Post interprets constitutional conflict over campaign finance reform as an argument between those who believe self-government requires democratic participation in the formation of public opinion and those who believe that self-government requires a functioning system of representation. The former emphasize the value of free speech, while the latter emphasize the integrity of the electoral process. Each position has deep roots in American constitutional history. Post argues that both positions aim to nurture self-government, which in contemporary life can flourish only if elections are structured to create public confidence that elected officials are attentive to public opinion. Post spells out the many implications of this simple but profound insight. Critiquing the First Amendment reasoning of the Court in Citizens United, he also shows that the Court did not clearly grasp the constitutional dimensions of corporate speech. Blending history, constitutional law, and political theory, Citizens Divided explains how a Supreme Court case of far-reaching consequence might have been decided differently, in a manner that would have preserved both First Amendment rights and electoral integrity"--Unedited summary from book jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
First lecture : a short history of representation and discursive democracy
Second lecture : campaign finance reform and the First Amendment
Commentary : Out posting post / Lawrence Lessig
Legitimacy, strict scrutiny, and the case against the Supreme Court / Frank Michelman
Free speech as the citizen's right / Nadia Urbinati
Citizens deflected : electoral integrity and political reform / Pamela S. Karlan
Response : Representative democracy / Robert Post.
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ISBN
9780674729001 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2013040590
OCLC
861120167
RCP
H - S
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