Derek Cressman

When Money Talks

The High Price of Free Speech and the Selling of Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

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 New York Times, or the Wall Street Journal, political advertising is forced upon you. It's not really free speech at all-it's paid speech. It's not at all what the Founders had in mind when they wrote the First Amendment. Cressman examines how courts have foiled attempts to limit campaign spending, details what a constitutional amendment limiting paid speech should say, and reveals an overlooked political tool concerned citizens can use to help gain the amendment's passage. Seven times before in our history we have approved constitutional amendments to overturn wrongheaded rulings by the Supreme Court-there's no reason we can't do it again.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781626565760
• ISBN-10: 1626565767
• Artikelnr.: 42857853

Autorenporträt

Derek Cressman

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword by Thom Hartmann
Introduction: The Crisis of Broken Politics
Why We Must Fight
1. Enough Is Enough: How and Why We Have Limited the Duration, Volume, and
Location of Speech
2. If Money Is Speech, Speech Is No Longer Free: The Difference between
Paid Speech and Free Speech
3. Stupidity, Inequality, and Corruption: Three Good Reasons to Limit Paid
Speech
4. Who Broke Our Democracy? How Courts Have Struck Down Limits on Money in
Politics
Ready for Action? Let’s Go
5. Repairing Our Republic: How the People Can Overturn the Court
6. Magic Words: What Should a Constitutional Amendment Say?
7. Instructions for Mission Impossible: How to Pass a Constitutional
Amendment When Incumbents Don’t Want One
8. Halfway Home: We’re Further Along Than You Think
Epilogue by Miles Rapoport