The Appearance of Corruption —— Testing the Supreme Court芒s Assumptions about Campaign Finance Reform

----- 腐败的出现：检验最高法院对竞选财政改革的假设

ISBN: 9780197548417 出版年：2021 页码：201 Shaw, Daron R Roberts, Brian E Baek, Mijeong Oxford University Press

In Buckley v. Valeo (1976), the US Supreme Court famously upheld the constitutionality of legislation limiting individual campaign contributions in federal elections. Key to the Court's decision is the notion that the government has a compelling interest in reducing "the appearance of corruption." By reducing the public's belief that elected officials are corrupt, the Court argues, we will see increased trust in government and, thereby, increased political participation. This behavioral model is unique in Supreme Court jurisprudence, yet has never been subjected to systematic empirical verification. This book identifies and tests the model with several national surveys. The data refute many of the linkages assumed by the Court, raising questions about the legal foundation for limiting political speech in federal election campaigns.