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    Financing Judicial Elections

    Panelists talked about the Supreme Court case Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar. At issue in the case is whether a ban on solicitation of campaign donations by judicial candidates in state e…

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    Campaign Finance News Stakeout

    Following oral arguments in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission litigants, attorneys, and advocates spoke to reporters outside the Supreme Court.

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    Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Preview

    Panelists discussed upcoming the Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC). The case stems from a lower court case appeal in which the United States District Co…

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    Robocalls and Vote Caging

    A hearing was held on ways to protect the privacy of voters at home and at the polls. Topics included limiting abusive uses of technology during election campaigns such as “robocalls,” compu…

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    Campaign Spending Limits

    Participants talked to students about campaign finance laws, regulation of political campaign spending, placing further limits on campaign spending, and potential reform of campaign laws. Th…

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    Campaign Finance Legal Team Announcement

    Senator McConnell introduced the legal team that would challenge the constitutionality of recent campaign finance reform legislation. The legislation was being challenged on charges that it …

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    Effects of Campaign Finance Reform

    Representatives of special interest groups talked about the future impact of the new McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation.

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    James Madison Center Awards

    House Majority Whip Tom DeLay and Senator Mitch McConnell received the Defender of Freedom Award from the James Madison Center for Free Speech. The honorees spoke about the Republican agenda…

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    Campaign Finance Reform Court Challenge

    Senator McConnell and others spoke to reporters about a coalition of groups formed to challenge recent campaign finance reform legislation. The group was challenging the constitutionality of…

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    Republican Platform Hearings Day 2

    Platform committee members and delegates finished their work on the Republican platform, an outline of the party’s positions and philosophy on domestic and foreign issues. Most of the time w…

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    Republican Platform Hearing Day 1

    Republican delegates debated amendments to their party’s platform. Topics included health care, values, and a variety of other issues.

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    Stenberg v. Carhart

    Following oral arguments before the Supreme Court, advocates from both sides talked to reporters about the proceedings. The case focused on whether a Nebraska law banning certain types of ab…

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    Effects of Campaign Contribution Limits

    Participants discussed campaign finance reform. They claimed that although the original 1974 law had accomplished much to combat political corruption, decisions since then, including the 197…

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    Buckley v. Valeo Debate

    The participants, including Mr. Gora who was an attorney in the case, debated the 1976 Supreme Court decision in Buckley v. Valeo which held that campaign contributions are a form of free …

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    Buckley v. Valeo Revisited

    Participants discussed the 1976 Supreme Court decision, Buckley v. Valeo, which upheld legislation limiting contributions to $1000 contribution for candidates in federal elections, and how i…

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    Campaign Contribution Limits and the First Amendment

    During this forum hosted by the FEDERALIST SOCIETY at the RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING Senator Mitch McConnell(R-KY) talked about campaign contribution limits, free speech,…

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    Soft Money Campaign Contributions Pt. 1

    The commission met to discuss whether and how to modify their rules in a way which would reduce the amount of “soft” money raised by campaigns.

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