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If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as a good democrat, will go…

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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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