The geographic idiosyncrasies of states and media markets set the stage for a natural
experiment in which residents of a given state may be exposed to widely varying quantities …

Don Blankenship directed $3 million of his personal funds to the end of electing Brent
Benjamin to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.'His apparent aim was to …

This Article provides the first systematic account of the relationship between campaign
finance and federalism. Federalism-a fundamental characteristic of the constitutional …

JD Candidate 2006, Northwestern University School of Law; BA, Trinity College. The
Author's deepest thanks to John 0. McGinnis and Lawrence C. Marshall for their brilliant …

In Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court set forth the prevention of" the actuality and
appearance of corruption" as a legitimate and (in the case of contributions) compelling …

This note examines the ever-increasing role that nonprofit groups are playing in federal
elections as independent fundraisers of" soft money" for political candidates. After examining …

American political parties have long existed in a gray area of constitutional law because of
their uncertain status. Parties in this country are neither fully public nor fully private entities …

On a chilly spring morning in the Oval Office, and without the fanfare typical of major
legislative enactments, President Bush put his pen to a bill that he acknowledged contained" …

As though he were predicting, and perhaps inviting, a challenge in the near future, Justice
Alito wrote just two years ago in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.(WRTL I1), that"[i] f it …

In some respects, our work in McConnell v. FEC began years before the passage of McCain-
Feingold. During 1996–1997 we served on a commission organized by Herbert Alexander …