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By: Jason Torchinsky, Ed Wenger, Jan Baran, Jonathan P. Lienhard, Kent Safriet, and David Brown The Supreme Court wrapped up its decisions from the October 2022 Term, with a blockbuster...
>> the government did have an interest. >> i have to jump in. >> interest in regulating the amount of money that flowed into our political elections. >> the government still has that compelling interest to protect our democracy from corruption. to answer ron's point, it is completely inappropriate and this is a point that's been made strenuously by first amendment scholars, title one article the first amendment does not protect the right to buy the government but from the former dean of the chicago law school jeff stone. this is a corruption of the first amendment. the first amendment is an ex...