Election Law: Campaign Finance, Political Speech, & Rights of Political Association

Catalog description

Course Description: Investigate constitutional and statutory frameworks that channel and regulate the efforts of individuals, corporate & nonprofits, and political groups to convey their ideas to the electorate, to mobilize voter turnout, and to get their preferred candidates on the ballot and elected to office. Examine the legal status of contributions and expenditures of money and other goods. Consider political groups’ “internal” affairs, the selection of nominees, and the ballot.