Navigating Campaign Finance Reform Through Publicly Funded Elections on the Local Level

Authors

Emily Bernstein, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

Despite the Constitution’s silence on the issue of campaign finance, the Supreme Court has had a considerable hand in shaping the campaign finance regulatory structure of the United States. There are countless criticisms of the campaign finance system the Court has constructed. On the one hand, some scholars stipulate that, though they are critical of the system, it is an intelligible “product” of the Constitution. On the other hand, others argue that the “vision of democracy” portrayed in money-in-politics decisions is not faithful to the Constitution.

Keywords

Campaign Finance, Elections, Legal History, Business and the Law, First Amendment, Democracy, Political Systems and Governments

Disciplines

Election Law | First Amendment | Law | Legal History

Recommended Citation

Emily Bernstein, Navigating Campaign Finance Reform Through Publicly Funded Elections on the Local Level, 45 Cardozo L. Rev. 233 (2023).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol45/iss1/7