When Money Talks: The High Price of Free Speech and the Selling of Democracy
Derek Cressman, "When Money Talks: The High Price of Free Speech and the Selling of Democracy"
English | ISBN: 1626565767 | 2016 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1626565767 | 2016 | 240 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Special-interest money is destroying our democratic process. But now that the Citizens United decision has thrown out campaign spending limits as abridgments of free speech, Americans want to know what they can do about it. Derek Cressman gives us the tools, both intellectual and tactical, to fight back.
There’s nothing inherently unconstitutional in limiting the amount of speech, Cressman insists. We do it all the time—for example, cities control when and where demonstrations can take place or how long people can speak at council meetings. Moreover, he argues that while you choose to patronize Fox News, MSNBC, the
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