The growing cost of campaigns has led to regulatorylaws & the debate money plays in politics.
SCOTUS decisions ruled that politicalspending by corporations, associations, & laborunions is protected by the FirstAmendment
HardMoney
Contributes directly to a candidate
SoftMoney
Contributes to a party / interestgroup who can buy advertising on the candidate's behalf
BipartisanCampaignReformAct: Increased the hardmoney that can be donated & regulated the amount of softmoney could be given
StandbyYourAdProvision
The candidate has to say "I'm [Candidate Name] & I approve of this message
CitizensUnited v FEC (2010): Challenged the regulations on individuals & corporations for campaigncontributions. Such regulations violated the 1stAmendment.Corporatefunding of ads & broadcasts cannot be limited. Allowed the rich to dominate the political landscape as money = influence.
PACS (PoliticalActionCommittees)
Organizations that raise money for the sake of influencing the population to vote for their preferredcandidate
PACS helps influence elections & policy-making through fundraising & spending