Opening Dialogue Lee C. Bollinger & Geoffrey R. Stone Part I - Introduction to the Supreme Court Decisions on Campaign Finance Regulation 1. Buckley v. Valeo's Dubious Yet Durable Contribution-Expenditure Distinction Richard Briffault 2. How Buckley v. Valeo Led Us Astray Paul M. Smith Part II - Critiques and a Defense of the Major Decisions 3.
Getting It Wrong: The Supreme Court and Campaign Finance Erwin Chemerinsky & Alex Chemerinsky 4. Citizens United: Cracks in the Façade Diane P. Wood 5. A Defense of Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC Floyd Abrams Part III - Campaign Finance and Race 6. Race and Campaign Finance Deregulation Abby K. Wood Part IV - Recommendations for Legislation on Campaign Finance Reform 7.
Money Talks, Dark Money Whispers: How Anonymous, Unlimited Political Spending is Corrupting American Democracy Sheldon Whitehouse 8. Elections in the Age of A.I. Amy Klobuchar & Stephen Spaulding Part V - Arguments Interpreting the "Corrpution" Rationale 9. Corruption, Campaign Finance, and Criminal Law Deborah Hellman 10. Campaign Finance and "Real" Corruption Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos 11. Buckley at 50: By What Right? Lawrence Lessig Part VI - The Effect of Campaign Finance on political institutions 12.
Buckley v. Valeo: Doctrinal Difficulties and Institutional Failure Samuel Issacharoff 13. Campaign Finance and Political Polarization Richard Pildes 14. Party Campaign Finance from FECA to Modern Hyperpartisanship Michael S. Kang 15. Beyond Corruption: Democratic Plutocracy, Elon Musk, and the Limits of Campaign Finance Reform Farris Peale & Guy-Uriel Charles PART VII - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND THE STATE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 16. A Political Question? Partisan Gerrymandering, Campaign Finance Regulation, and the Supreme Court David A. Strauss 17.
Without Buckley, Would American Democracy Really Be All That Different? Pamela S. Karlan 18. Campaign Finance and Contemporary Political Dysfunction Nathaniel Persily PART VIII - A COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT 19. Leveling the Playing Field: Insights from Comparative Constitutional Law Mark Tushnet Closing Statement Lee C. Bollinger & Geoffrey R. Stone.