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Buckley v. Valeo  

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  • The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and its 1974 amendments faced a constitutional challenge in Buckley v. Valeo (1976). The resulting decision of the U.S. Supreme Court has set the parameters of constitutionally permissible regulation of political campaigns for over 30 years. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Buckley V. Valeo]

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  • 1976

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Buckley_v._Valeo

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