“Although the First Amendment Provides That “Congress Shall Make No

question 37

Multiple Choice

“Although the First Amendment provides that “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech,”…prohibition on corporate independent expenditures is an outright ban on speech, backed by criminal sanctions…. Because speech is an essential mechanism of democracy—it is the means to hold officials accountable to the people—political speech must prevail against laws that would suppress it by design or inadvertence…. Premised on mistrust of governmental power, the First Amendment stands against attempts to disfavor certain subjects or viewpoints or to distinguish among different speakers, which may be a means to control content. The Government may also commit a constitutional wrong when by law it identifies certain preferred speakers…. Political speech is “indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation.”…”
-Which of the following statements about campaign finance is most accurate?

• A)Corporate spending has been less of a factor in recent elections than in the past.
• B)Campaign finance laws are more restrictive than ever before.
• C)Supreme Court decisions have had little effect on the way political funds are allocated.-Consider This: As a result of recent Supreme Court decisions campaign finance laws individuals' and corporations' spending is relatively unrestrained,which has had a significant effect on elections.
• D)Interest groups and corporations have more influence in elections than ever before.

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