Legislation & Testimony
Democracy
Poison Pill Amendments To Campaign Finance Reform: Hazards To The Health Of Democracy
Opponents of campaign finance reform are seeking to kill the Shays-Meehan bill (H.R. 417) by attaching poison pill amendments that no true supporter of democracy should swallow.
– 08/30/99
Bradley A. Smith: A Potential FEC Nominee Who Would Repeal All Election Laws And Abolish The Agency He Aspires To Head
Imagine the President nominating an Attorney General who believes that most of our criminal laws are “profoundly undemocratic” and unconstitutional.
– 06/03/99
Comments to FEC on Proposed Presidential Public Funding Rules
The Brennan Center’s comments on the proposed rules for the presidential public financing system
Authored by: Brennan Center
– 02/01/99
Statement of ACLU Leadership Supporting Constitutionality of Efforts to Enact Reasonable Campaign Finance Reform
“We believe that the First Amendment is designed to safeguard a functioning and fair democracy. The current system of campaign financing makes a mockery of that ideal by enabling the rich to set the national agenda, and to exercise disproportionate influe
Authored by: ACLU
– 06/19/98
Letter to Senators Regarding NRLC Objections to the Snowe-Jeffords Amendment
Letter written by Brennan Center leadership to Senators to rebut letters from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), dated February 17
and February 20, 1998, in opposition to the Snowe-Jeffords Amendment to the McCain-Feingold Bill.
Authored by: Brennan Center
– 02/20/98
Letter to FEC Re: Regulation of Express Advocacy
The Brennan Center believes that the F.E.C. properly rejected the “magic words” approach recently adopted by the First Circuit in Maine Right to Life, in favor of the long-standing and better reasoned decision of the Ninth Circuit in F.E.C. v. F
– 12/08/97
Letter to Senators McCain and Feingold Regarding Challenges to Components of S.25, the McCain-Feingold bill
Letter from Academics to respond to a series of public challenges to two components of S.25, the McCain-Feingold bill.
– 09/22/97
Statement and List of 126 Scholars Affirming the Constitutionality of Banning Soft Money and Providing Incentives to Reduce Campaign Spending
Academics respond to a series of public challenges to the McCain-Feingold bill.
– 09/22/97