Analysis of the various post-CitizensUnited campaign finance reform proposals?

February 19, 2012 1:00 PM

Where can I find an independent analysis comparing likely effects and shortcomings of the various campaign finance reform proposals that have been made in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling?

I see on the Move to Amend website a comparison between their proposed constitutional amendment (to say that corps aren't people & money's not speech) and various other proposals; but is there a) an independent analysis of all these alternatives? and/or b) an evaluation - independent or not - comparing the MtA amendment & Lawrence Lessig's proposal for publicly financing elections via $50 vouchers to citizens, that's addressed here in the NYTimes?

(some other links I'm aware of: CU previously on askMeFi (Citizens United and 100 Years of Law? (Oct 2011), and for citizens, for being united, not for Citizens United (June 2011)); here's a recent argument that the CU decision has been misrepresented by the media (heck if I know); and Lessig and Greewald differed (Jan 2010; L links to G's take) on the Citizens United decision. )

posted by ahaynes to Law & Government (1 answer total)

Best answer: I would bet that the Congressional Research Service has a decent report on this. The most recent one I can find offhand is here (pdf) but if you contact your Representative's office they may give you something more current. They are also collected here and there around the web.
posted by Wretch729 at 12:30 PM on February 23, 2012