US Campaign Finance Law
Answer this question first:
--How do political candidates pay for their campaigns?
For the US Supreme Court Decisions:
--Buckley v. Valeo
--Citizens United v. FEC
Answer the following questions:
You will create a PowerPoint
Answer this question first:
--How do political candidates pay for their campaigns?
For the US Supreme Court Decisions:
--Buckley v. Valeo
--Citizens United v. FEC
Answer the following questions:
1. Name and year of the Supreme Court case.
2. Tell the story about what happened.
3. What was the controversy? (why was there not a clear decision?)
4. What was the argument of each side?
--Argument 1 --Argument 2
5. What was the Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision?
6. Why did the SCOTUS make this decision? (use the Constitution and its amendments for SCOTUS justification)
7. How did the decision affect US law?
8. Do you agree with the SCOTUS’s decision? Why or why not?
9. What decision would you have made? Why?
