U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Mar. 1, 2019
Looking back at the high court’s landmark campaign finance rulings
In fact, the Supreme Court’s most important campaign finance decision came down more than 40 years ago.
William K.S. Wang
UC Hastings College of the LawWilliam is an emeritus Sullivan professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law.
Some people mistakenly believe that the narrowly decided Supreme Court case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 568 U.S. 310 (2010), allowed unlimited campaign contributions. Actually, the Supreme Court has never held that the First Amendment precludes limits on campaign contribu...
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