{"product_id":"big-money-unleashed-the-campaign-to-deregulate-election-spending-paperback","title":"Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnn Southworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of how the First Amendment became an obstacle to campaign finance regulation--a history that began much earlier than most imagine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Americans across party lines believe that public policy is rigged in favor of those who wield big money in elections. Yet, legislators are restricted in addressing these concerns by a series of Supreme Court decisions finding that campaign finance regulations violate the First Amendment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Money Unleashed \u003c\/i\u003eargues that our current impasse is the result of a long-term process involving many players. Naturally, the justices played critical roles--but so did the attorneys who hatched the theories necessary to support the legal doctrine, the legal advocacy groups that advanced those arguments, the wealthy patrons who financed these efforts, and the networks through which they coordinated strategy and held the Court accountable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing from interviews, public records, and archival materials, \u003ci\u003eBig Money Unleashed\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles how these players borrowed a litigation strategy pioneered by the NAACP to dismantle racial segregation and used it to advance a very different type of cause. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Southworth \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of law and codirector of the Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession at the University of California, Irvine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52712546173261,"sku":"9780226830735","price":67.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/rBr8lLIOHV9780226830735.webp?v=1762377627","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/big-money-unleashed-the-campaign-to-deregulate-election-spending-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}