Many members of Congress who like to think of themselves as conservatives are supporting what appear to be very nonconservative ideas. Whether that charge is a fair one depends on both the appropriate meaning of the term “conservative” and a proper focus on what those members are advocating. Let’s start with three examples of what […]
Alan Morrison
Alan B. Morrison is co-founder and director of the Public Citizen Litigation Group, which he founded with Ralph Nader in 1972.
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Watch What You Wish For
In pursuit of campaign finance reform, many seek to reverse the precedent established by the Supreme Court in 1975, protecting campaign expenditures as free speech. But if the Court’s ruling is overturned, the general protections of the First Amendment might be severely narrowed.