Buckley+v+Valeo

Background: The Supreme Court upheld a federal law which set limits on campaign contributions, they also ruled that spending money to influence elections is a form of protected free speech under the constitution, and struck down portions of the law. The court also ruled candidates can give unlimited amount of money to their own campaigns.

Dates: Argued November 10, 1975 Decided January 30, 1976

Outcome: Severla members decended on different parts of the bill and thus no overall up or down vote was made

Court: Warren E. Burger Court

Aftermath: Criticism came from the small amounts anyone could give to a campaign, and on the other side angerd many over how the voives of the average person could be overlooked because the wealthy could run and discard average preson to run

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