Constitutional Law,
Government
May 12, 2015
Door to campaign finance regulation
Does a recent decision by the U.S. high court represent the beginning of a new jurisprudence in the area of campaign finance law?
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Williams-Yulee v. Florida State Bar recognizes the corrosive effects of money in judicial elections and offers a glimmer of hope that this may be the beginning of a new jurisprudence in the area of campaign finance law. At the very least, this decision provides a basis for allowing regulations of fundraising in judicial elections that would not be allowed in other types of election campaigns. But more ge...
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