Pick one of the items below.
- Analyze a proposed reform of federal campaign finance law. One may find a discussion and partial list of such proposals here. For background and legislative updates (as well as more recent proposals), see https://www.govtrack.us. Should Congress pass it? Will Congress pass it? In your answer, lay out the best arguments for and against the proposal, using statistical data wherever possible.
- Vogel wrote Big Money before the 2014 election. Assume that he has hired you to write a brief afterword, updating his analysis through that election. Did 2014 confirm his argument, or did the campaign finance picture change in ways that he did not anticipate?
- Write on another topic of your choice, subject to my approval.
Instructions:
- Document your claims. Do not write from the top of your head.
- Essays should be typed (12-point), double-spaced, and no more than four pages long. I will not read past the fourth page.
- Cite your sources with endnotes in Chicago/Turabian style. Endnote pages do not count against the page limit.
- Watch your spelling, grammar, diction, and punctuation. Errors will count against you.
- Turn in essays to the class Sakai dropbox by 11:59 PM, Friday, October 23. Late essays will drop a gradepoint for one day’s lateness, a full letter grade after that. I will grant no extensions except for illness or emergency.
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