American Government Splendid

  LOADING... ██████████████]99% ღ ＊ • ‧   – 《  𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨  》 ▸ ▸ ▸ Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain-Feingold Bill)   Limits money donations  Limits soft money donations to state political parties to $10,000 No Change to PAC limits ($5000) Unions and corporations banned from giving soft money to parties Buckley v. Valeo (1976) challenged the constitutionality of placing spending limits on elections The Supreme court ruled that federal limits on campaign contributions were constitutional The court ruled that federal limits on campaign contributions were constitutional b/c the federal government subsidizes them  Individual contributions are protected under the First Amendment Liberalism (1930s -1970s) - revolt aginst Liberalism (1980s -1990s) Liberalism gained strength from the 1930s to 1970s b/c New Deal, Civil Rights Act, and Supreme Court cases on protecting liberties  Revolt against Liberalism during the 1980s – 1990s beliefs bout liberalism were pushed too far