American Government › Section J · Interest groups and lobbying › Topic J.5
Free speech and regulating interest groups
The First Amendment protects the right to speak, assemble and petition the government, which is exactly what interest groups do. So every attempt to regulate lobbying or political money must balance those freedoms against the fear that money and access can corrupt.
In this topic
- Madison's dilemma, again
- Rules on campaign money
- Buckley v. Valeo: money as speech
- Citizens United and after
- Worked example: weighing Citizens United
- Rules on lobbying
- The revolving door and foreign agents
- Scandal and reform: the Abramoff case
- Worked example: legal or not?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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