Statement in Support of Overturning Buckley v. Valeo

In its 1976 decision, Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court of the United States held that mandatory campaign spending limits are an unconstitutional denial of free speech.

We believe that the Buckley decision should be overturned. The decision overstated the extent to which reasonable limits on campaign expenditures impinge on free speech. The Court also underestimated the corrosive effect of unlimited campaign expenditures on the integrity of our political process.

We the undersigned call for the reconsideration and overturning of the Buckley decision.

This statement was organized jointly by:

Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law National Voting Rights Institute U.S. Public Interest Research Group 209 Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo

Prof. Lee A. Albert Prof. Robert Aronson Professor of Law Professor of Law SUNY at Buffalo School of Law University of Washington School of Law Prof. George J. Alexander Elizabeth H. & John A. Sutro Professor Prof. Gerald G. Ashdown & Director, Institute of International & Professor of Law Comparative Law West Virginia University College of Santa Clara University School of Law Law

Prof. Dean Alfange, Jr. Prof. Gordon E. Baker Professor of Political Science Professor Emeritus of Political Science University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of California at Santa Barbara Political Science Dept. Prof. Thomas E. Baker Prof. Francis A. Allen James Madison Chair in Constitutional Huber C. Hurst Eminent Scholar Law and Director of the Constitutional Emeritus Law Resource Center University of Florida, College of Law Drake University Law School

Prof. José Julián Alvarez González Prof. Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr. Professor of Law S.D. Dell Research Scholar & Professor University of Puerto Rico School of Law of Law University of Florida, College of Law Prof. Howard C. Anawalt Professor of Law Prof. William C. Banks Santa Clara University School of Law Professor of Law Syracuse University College of Law Prof. Claudia Angelos Professor of Clinical Law Prof. Loftus E. Becker, Jr. New York University School of Law Professor of Law University of Connecticut School of Prof. Ellen P. April Law Professor of Law Loyola University School of Law Prof. Patricia A. Behlar Associate Professor of Social Science Prof. Peter Arenella Pittsburg State University Professor of Law UCLA School of Law Prof. Robert W. Benson Professor of Law Loyola University School of Law

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 2 Prof. Gary L. Blasi Prof. Sarah E. Burns Professor of Law Professor of Clinical Law UCLA School of Law New York University School of Law

Prof. Vincent A. Blasi Prof. William G. Buss David Lurton Massee, Jr. Professor Of O.K. Patton Professor of Law Law University of Iowa College of Law University of Virginia School of Law Prof. Richard M. Buxbaum Prof. Henry J. Bourguignon Jackson H. Ralston Professor & Dean, Professor of Law & Distinguished International & Area Studies University Professor University of California at Berkeley University of Toledo College of Law School of Law

Prof. Craig M. Bradley Prof. Bert C. Buzan James Louis Calamaras Professor of Professor of Political Science Law California State University, Fullerton Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington Prof. Paulette M. Caldwell Professor of Law Prof. Mark E. Brandon New York University School of Law Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Michigan Prof. Lief H. Carter McHugh Family Distinguished Prof. Daan Braveman Professor Dean & Professor of Law The Colorado College Syracuse University College of Law Prof. Paul G. Chevigny Prof. Richard A. Brisbin, Jr. Professor of Law Associate Professor of Political Science New York University School of Law West Virginia University Prof. Robert N. Clinton Prof. Judith Olans Brown Wiley B. Rutledge Professor Professor of Law University of Iowa College of Law Northeastern University School of Law Prof. Joshua Cohen Prof. G. Sidney Buchanan Arthur & Ruth Sloan Professor of Baker & Botts Professor of Law Political Science & Professor of University of Houston Law Center Philosophy Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prof. Thomas D. Buckley Professor of Law Prof. William Cohen Cleveland State University, Cleveland- C. Wendell & Edith M. Carlsmith Marshall College of Law Professor of Law Stanford Law School

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 3 Prof. Charles D. Cole Prof. David F. Dickson Lucille Beeson Professor Professor of Law Cumberland School of Law of Samford Florida State University College of Law University Prof. Victoria J. Dodd Prof. C. Michael Comiskey Professor of Law Associate Professor of Political Science Suffolk University Law School Penn State, Fayette Campus Prof. Jameson W. Doig Prof. Robert A. Dahl Professor, Department of Politics & Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Woodrow Wilson School Science Princeton University Yale University Prof. Dennis D. Dorin Prof. David J. Danelski Professor of Political Science Mary Lou & George Boone Centennial University of North Carolina at Professor Emeritus Charlotte Stanford University Prof. Norman Dorsen Prof. Perry Dane Stokes Professor of Law Professor of Law New York University School of Law Rutgers University School of Law, Camden Prof. Donald W. Dowd Professor of Law Prof. George Dargo Villanova University School of Law Professor of Law New England School of Law Prof. Rochelle C. Dreyfuss Professor of Law & Director of the Prof. Derek H. Davis Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Director, J. M. Dawson Institute of Policy Church-State Studies New York University School of Law Baylor University School of Law Prof. J. D. Droddy Prof. Howard E. Davis Assistant Professor of Government Professor of Political Science Western Kentucky University Randolph-Macon College Prof. Melvyn R. Durchslag Prof. John A. Davis Professor of Law Professor Emeritus of Political Science Case Western Reserve University Law City College of the City University of School New York Prof. Ronald M. Dworkin Prof. John Denvir Frank H. Sommer Professor of Law Professor of Law New York University School of Law University of San Francisco School of Law

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 4 Prof. Peter D. Enrich Prof. Paula Galowitz Professor of Law Professor of Clinical Law Northeastern University School of Law New York University School of Law

Prof. Michael Esler Prof. Daniel G. Gibbens Assistant Professor of Political Science Regents' Professor of Law Ohio Wesleyan University University of Oklahoma College of Law

Prof. Daryl R. Fair Prof. Stephen Gillers Professor of Political Science Professor of Law The College of New Jersey New York University School of Law

Prof. Antonio Fernos Prof. James M. Glaser Professor of Law Associate Professor of Political Science Inter American University Law School Tufts University

Prof. Nancy H. Fink Prof. Alvin L. Goldman Professor of Law Dorothy Salmon Professor Brooklyn Law School University of Kentucky College of Law

Prof. Edwin B. Firmage Prof. Roger L. Goldman Samuel D. Thurman Professor of Law Professor of Law University of Utah College of Law St. Louis University School of Law

Prof. James E. Fleming Prof. Sheldon Goldman Associate Professor of Law Professor of Political Science Fordham University School of law University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Political Science Dept. Prof. Edward B. Foley Associate Professor of Law Prof. Leslie F. Goldstein The Ohio State University College of Unidel Professor of Political Science Law University of Delaware

Prof. W. Ray Forrester Prof. Howard A. Gordon Professor of Law Professor Emeritus University of California, Hastings City Colleges of Chicago College of the Law Prof. Howard L. Greenberger Dean Arthur N. Frakt Professor of Law Dean New York University School of Law Widener University School of Law Prof. Benjamin Gregg Prof. Beatrice S. Frank Assistant Professor of Government Clinical Associate Professor University of Texas at Austin New York University School of Law

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 5 Prof. David L. Gregory Prof. Thomas P. Huff Professor of Law Lecturer in Law & Professor of St. John's University School of Law Philosophy University of Montana School of Law Prof. Martin Guggenheim Clinical Professor & Director, Clinical Prof. Joseph Richard Hurt & Advocacy Programs Dean & Professor of Law New York University School of Law Mississippi College School of Law

Prof. Lani Guinier Prof. Stewart M. Jay Professor of Law Professor of Law University of Pennsylvania Law School University of Washington School of Law Prof. Samuel O. Gyandoh, Jr. Professor of Law Prof. John Paul Jones Temple University School of Law Professor of Law University of Richmond, T. C. Williams Prof. Michael G. Hagen School of Law Associate Professor of Government Harvard University Prof. Ronald Kahn Monroe Professor of Politics & Law Prof. Richard L. Hasen Oberlin College Associate Professor of Law Loyola University School of Law Prof. Stephen Kanter Professor of Law (Dean 1986-1994) Prof. Francis H. Heller Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Roy A. Roberts Professor of Law & Law Political Science Emeritus University of Kansas School of Law Prof. Kenneth L. Karst David G. Price & Dallas P. Price Prof. Helen Hershkoff Professor of Law Assistant Professor of Law UCLA School of Law New York University School of Law Prof. Thomas A. Kazee Prof. Richard A. Hesse Professor of Political Science Professor of Law Davidson College Franklin Pierce Law Center Prof. Edward Kearny Prof. Philip B. Heymann Professor of Government James Barr Ames Professor of Law Western Kentucky University Harvard Law School Prof. Gregory C. Keating Prof. Daniel N. Hoffman Professor of Law Associate Professor of Political Science University of Southern California Law Johnson C. Smith University Center

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 6 Prof. Alan Keenan Prof. James A. Kushner Lecturer on Social Studies Professor of Law Harvard University Southwestern University School of Law

Prof. Christine Hunter Kellett Prof. Robert W. Langran Professor of Law Professor of Political Science Pennsylvania State University, Villanova University Dickinson School of Law Prof. Lewis Henry LaRue Prof. Robert B. Kent Alumni Professor of Law Professor of Law Emeritus Washington & Lee University School of Cornell Law School Law

Prof. Mark Kessler Prof. Sylvia Ann Law Chair & Professor of Political Science Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Bates College Medicine & Psychology & Co-Director, Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Prof. Philip C. Kissam Memorial Program Professor of Law New York University School of Law University of Kansas School of Law Prof. Timothy O. Lenz Prof. Robert A. Kocis Associate Professor of Political Science Professor of Political Science Florida Atlantic University University of Scranton Prof. Frederick P. Lewis Prof. Donald P. Kommers Professor of Political Science Joseph & Elizabeth Robbie Professor of University of Massachusetts at Lowell Government & International Studies & Professor of Law Prof. Peter Linzer Notre Dame Law School Law Foundation Professor of Law University of Houston Law Center Prof. Milton R. Konvitz Professor Emeritus of Law Prof. Robert Justin Lipkin Cornell Law School Professor of Law Widener University School of Law Prof. J. Morgan Kousser Professor of History & Social Science Prof. Stephen Loffredo Caltech -- Division of the Humanities & Associate Professor of Law Social Sciences CUNY School of Law

Prof. Paul M. Kurtz Prof. Jim Macdonald J. Alton Hosch Professor & Associate Professor of Law Dean University of Idaho College of Law University of Georgia School of Law

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 7 Hugh C. Macgill Prof. Wayne V. McIntosh Dean Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut School of Dept. of Government & Politics Law University of Maryland

Prof. Holly Maguigan Prof. Evan McKenzie Professor of Clinical Law Assistant Professor of Political Science New York University School of Law University of Illinois at Chicago, Political Science Dept. Prof. Joan Mahoney Professor of Law & Dean Emeritus Prof. Edward A. Mearns, Jr. Western New England College School Professor of Law of Law Case Western Reserve University Law School Prof. Karl M. Manheim Professor of Law Prof. Frank I. Michelman Loyola University School of Law Harvard Law School

Prof. Clair W. Matz Hon. Abner J. Mikva Professor of Political Science Walter V. Schaefer Fellow in Public Marshall University Policy & Visiting Professor of Law University of Chicago Law School Prof. Christopher N. May James P. Bradley Chair in Prof. Mark C. Miller Constitutional Law Associate Professor of American Loyola University School of Law Government Clark University Prof. William Shepard McAninch Solomon Blatt Professor Prof. Arval A. Morris University of South Carolina School of Professor of Law Law University of Washington School of Law Prof. Wayne McCormack Professor of Law Prof. Kenneth M. Murchison University of Utah College of Law James E. & Betty M. Phillips Professor Louisiana State University Law Center Prof. W. Joseph McCoy Associate Professor of Public Prof. Carol Nackenoff Administration Chair, Department of Political Science Marshall University Swarthmore College

Prof. Patrick C. McGinley Prof. James A. R. Nafziger Professor of Law Thomas B. Stoel Professor of Law West Virginia University College of Willamette University College of Law Law

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 8 Prof. Thomas Nagel Prof. Marcia O'Kelly Professor of Philosophy & Law Professor of Law New York University School of Law University of North Dakota School of Law Prof. Sheldon Nahmod Distinguished Professor of Law Prof. Daniel R. Ortiz Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Prof. John B. Neibel Professor & John B. Neiber Chair Prof. Vernon Valentine Palmer University of Houston Law Center Thomas Pickles Professor of Law Tulane University School of Law Prof. Burt Neuborne John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law Prof. Simon D. Perry & Legal Director, Brennan Center for Professor of Political Science Justice Marshall University New York University School of Law Prof. Daniel H. Pollitt Prof. Michael DeHaven Newsom Kenan Professor Emeritus of Law Associate Dean for Academic Affairs University of North Carolina School of Howard University School of Law Law

Prof. Nell Jessup Newton Prof. H. Jefferson Powell Professor of Law Professor of Law American University, Washington Duke University School of Law College of Law Prof. Albert T. Quick Prof. Gene R. Nichol Dean & Professor of Law Dean Emeritus & Professor of Law University of Toledo College of Law University of Colorado School of Law Prof. Jamin Ben Raskin Prof. Harold Norris Professor of Law & Pauline Ruyle Distinguished Professor Emeritus Moore Scholar Detroit College of Law at Michigan American University, Washington State University College of Law

Prof. John E. Nowak Prof. John Rawls David C. Baum Professor of Law Professor of Philosophy University of Illinois College of Law Harvard University

Prof. James M. O'Fallon Prof. Clifford Rechtschaffen Frank Nash Professor of Law Associate Professor of Law University of Oregon School of Law Golden Gate University School of Law

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 9 Prof. David A. J. Richards Prof. Thomas M. Scanlon Edwin D. Webb Professor of Law Harvard University Philosophy New York University School of Law Department

Prof. Daniel C. Richman Prof. Douglas D. Scherer Associate Professor of Law Professor of Law Fordham University School of law Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Prof. Carey Rickabaugh Associate Professor of Political Science Prof. Lawrence Schlam Rhode Island College Professor of Law Northern Illinois University College of Prof. Joel E. Rogers Law Professor Of Law & Sociology University of Wisconsin Law School Prof. Leo L. Schmolka Professor of Law Prof. Rand E. Rosenblatt New York University School of Law Professor of Law & Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Prof. Jeffrey M. Shaman Rutgers University School of Law, Professor of Law Camden De Paul University College of Law

Prof. Victor G. Rosenblum Prof. Peter M. Shane Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor Dean & Professor of Law Northwestern University School of Law University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Prof. Albert J. Rosenthal Prof. Sidney A. Shapiro Dean Emeritus & Maurice T. Moore John M. Rounds Professor Professor Emeritus of Law University of Kansas School of Law Columbia University School of Law Prof. Stephen Kent Shaw Prof. Gregory D. Russell Professor of Political Science Director, Criminal Justice Program & Northwest Nazarene College Associate Professor Washington State University Prof. Steven H. Shiffrin Professor of Law Prof. Rosemary C. Salomone Cornell Law School Professor of Law St. John's University School of Law Prof. David M. Skover Professor of Law Prof. Thomas O. Sargentich Seattle University School of Law Professor of Law American University, Washington Prof. W. David Slawson College of Law Torrey H. Webb Professor University of Southern California Law Center

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 10 Prof. Rogers M. Smith Prof. Allen N. Sultan Professor of Political Science Professor of Law Yale University University of Dayton School of Law

Prof. Barbara R. Snyder Prof. Cass R. Sunstein Professor of Law Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished The Ohio State University College of Professor of Law Law University of Chicago Law School

Dean Aviam Soifer Prof. Mary Thornberry Dean & Professor of Law Professor of Political Science Boston College Law School Davidson College

Prof. Rayman L. Solomon Prof. Michael C. Tolley Associate Dean Associate Professor of Political Science Northwestern University School of Law Northeastern University

Prof. Frank J. Sorauf Prof. James W. Torke Regents' Professor Emeritus of Political Professor of Law Science Indiana University School of Law, University of Minnesota Indianapolis

Prof. Troy M. Stewart Prof. Jon M. Van Dyke Chair & Professor of Political Science Professor of Law Marshall University University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law Prof. Marc Stickgold Professor of Law Prof. Kenneth Vinson Golden Gate University School of Law Professor of Law Florida State University College of Law Prof. Peter L. Strauss Betts Professor of Law Prof. Burton D. Wechsler Columbia University School of Law Alumni Distinguished Teacher & Professor Prof. Kenneth W. Street American University, Washington Professor of Political Science College of Law Austin College Prof. Eldon D. Wedlock, Jr. Prof. Frank R. Strong David H. Means Professor of Law Cary Boshamer Distinguished Professor University of South Carolina School of Emeritus of Law Law University of North Carolina School of Law Prof. Philip Weinberg Professor of Law St. John's University School of Law

Scholars Opposing Buckley v. Valeo Cont. Page 11 Prof. Brian A. Weiner Assistant Professor of Politics University of San Francisco

Prof. Harry H. Wellington Dean & Professor New York Law School

Prof. William E. Westerbeke Professor of Law University of Kansas School of Law

Prof. James G. Wilson Professor of Law Cleveland State University, Cleveland- Marshall College of Law

Prof. Louis E. Wolcher Professor of Law University of Washington School of Law

Prof. Raymond L. Yasser Professor of Law University of Tulsa College of Law

Prof. Steven Zeidman Associate Professor of Law New York University School of Law

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