How does the Bill of Rights relate to campaign finance issues?​

Where does the right to free speech intersect with elections? Find out how the court ruled on this important constitutional question in these cases.

Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

“Reasonable restrictions” on individual, corporate, and group contributions to candidates were allowed; limits on campaign expenditures were unconstitutional since these placed “substantial and direct restrictions” on protected political expression.

They showed the country that integration could be successful.