Objective
- Explain key terms associated with campaign finance reform
- Analyze the arguments associated with campaign finance reform
- News - Iran, Nukes, and Republican Primary Debate
- Small group-based discussion. We'll follow each topic up with a class discussion; take them one issue at a time. For each of the following questions, try and reach a consensus. Failing that, establish a "majority opinion." Write a response to each one in Word.
- Impact of Money on Politics
- In what ways specific does money affect politics?
- Does this have a substantial effect?
- Free Speech
- Are political donations a form of free speech?
- If so, should this right be granted to both individuals and corporations?
- Restrictions
- Should there be a limit on how much individuals, corporations, or other organizations can contribute to political campaigns?
- Should these contributions be made public?
- Issue Ads
- What about limits on an "issue ad" that doesn't promote a specific candidate?
- How do you distinguish an issue ad from a campaign ad?
- Your group should provide a definition and describe the significance the following ideas, laws, or events:
- Buckley vs. Valeo
- 527
- PAC
- Super PAC
- Push Polls
- Hard Money
- Soft Money
- McCain Feingold Act
- Citizens United vs. FEC
- Print Answers, Review Terms as Class
- The West Wing on Campaign Finance
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