"Campaign finance reform has always been motivated by a definition of democracy that does not count corporations as citizens and holds that self-government works best by reducing political inequality. In the early years of the twentieth century, Congress recognized the strength of these principles by prohibiting corporations from making campaign contributions, passing a disclosure law, and setting limits on campaign expenditures"--Provided by publisher.
An overview of how presidents are selected in the United States and why the system works as it does, discussing the nomination process, conventions, elections, and finances, and including coverage of congressional campaigns.
Doris "Granny D" Haddock provides an account of her 3,200 mile hike from Los Angeles to the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., a trek she undertook at the age of eighty-nine to draw attention to the need for national campaign finance reform; and shares stories from throughout her life as an activist.
Considers a wide variety of the First Amendment controversies to make the headlines in the 1990s, such as hate speech, pornography, and public funding of the arts, and explains why the state may be the friend, rather than the enemy of freedom.
