Campaign Finance’s Creeping Deregulation
Recent court rulings, bureaucratic failings, and political conflict have loosened campaign finance rules.
Richard L. Hasen is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. He is a leading expert in campaign finance regulation and election law, and author of the book Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections.
Recent court rulings, bureaucratic failings, and political conflict have loosened campaign finance rules.