by jpitney | Sep 12, 2020 | Campaign Finance, Federalist, Madison, Uncategorized
At APSA, Michael Malbin has a paper titled “A Neo-Madisonian Perspective on Campaign Finance Reform, Institutions, Pluralism, and Small Donors.” This working paper steps away from the speech-and-corruption debates that have dominated campaign finance...
by jpitney | Jan 3, 2020 | Federalist, Virtue
James Madison, Federalist 55: As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust, so there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence. Republican government...