AP Government 5.11, 5.12 & 5.13

The First Amendment corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited

• FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
• Citizens United v. FEC
• McConnell v. FEC
• Buckley v. Valeo

Made corporations and labor unions people too.

• FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
• Citizens United v. FEC
• McConnell v. FEC
• Buckley v. Valeo

Re: Campaign Finance Laws. What type of campaign contributions were eliminated under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA)?

• "hard" money contributions
• "soft" money contributions
• "corrupt" money contributions
• "corporate" money contributions

Re: Campaign Finance Laws. Just to be clear: What kind of money can your parents contribute to a Bernie Sanders or a Donald Trump?

• "fast"
• "hard" 
• "soft"
• "personal"

What is "soft money"?

• Money given to a political party
• Money given to a candidate
• Money used for attack ads
• Money used for biographical ads

What is "hard money"?

• Money given to candidates
• Money given to political parties
• Money used for attack ads
• Money used for biographical ads

What is a PAC?

• A contribution to a political party that is not accounted as going to a particular candidate, thus avoiding various legal limitations.
  
• An independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States.
  
• An organization that raises money privately to influence elections
• That corporations can give limitless amounts of money to candidates as an act of free speech
  

in ______, the Supreme Court ruled that restricting political spending was unconstitutional because it interfered with speech protected by the First Amendment.

• Citizens United v. F.E.C

• Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

• McConnell v. F.E.C. (2003)

In response to the SCOTUS decision in Buckley v. Valeo (1976), Congress passed ____ which banned “electioneering communications” within a set period of time before elections and attempted to limit the impact of money in campaigns.

• The Tillman Act

• The Hatch Act

• the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (BCRA)

Campaign finance reform

• seeks to limit the amount of money candidates can raise and spend on their campaigns

• requires candidates to spend his/her personal money to fund the campaign

• increases the amount of money individuals can donate to campaigns

• maintains the current spending levels for future campaigns