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• This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by…
• Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it…
• They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of…
• What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.
• In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to…
• I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing…
• If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as a good…
• The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes…
• What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do…
• Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve…
• Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well…
• As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the $1,000 limit…

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