You Can't Put Dollar Limits on Free Speech

Authors

John C. Eastman, Chapman University, Fowler School of LawFollow

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

10-29-2000

Abstract

In San Francisco's November 1999 mayoral election, a group of Mayor Willie Brown supporters calling themselves San Franciscans for Sensible Government was able to make independent expenditures supporting the reelection of Brown after a federal court barred the city from enforcing provisions of its campaign finance ordinance.

Comments

This article was originally published in The Los Angeles Times on October 29, 2000.

Recommended Citation

Eastman, John C. “You Can't Put Dollar Limits on Free Speech,” Los Angeles Times (2000, Oct. 29).

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Los Angeles Times