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