Three Courts in Last Eight Days Have Enjoined, or Declared Unconstitutional, Certain Campaign Spending Laws
Ballot Access News:
"The extensive constitutional protection for independent expenditures for or against candidates, and the continuing restrictive rules on direct donations to candidates and political parties, has created a strange political culture in the United States. A large and growing proportion of speech about candidates comes not from the candidates themselves, and not from political parties, but from other individuals and groups, all of whom are required not to coordinate their speech with the candidate."
