After Randall v. Sorrell

Duke Law Professor Walter Dellinger, a former acting Solicitor General, writes in writes in Slate that the Supreme Court's decisions this term on election law suggest reformers should be looking away from expenditure limits.

Give every registered voter a voucher for a few hundred dollars (or a few thousand—this would still be a bargain) to be used for whatever state, local, or federal candidate the citizen wished to support. She would send in her voucher to her favorite campaign, which would submit it to the U.S. Treasury for payment. There would be no limits on private spending, but its influence would be greatly diminished by the flood of everyone's money.

Bill Corbett