Article
A Quantum Congress
Chicago-Kent Law Review
(2015)
Abstract
This article tries to address the problem of a corrupt and broken electoral system that has been captured by special interests through big money spending in political campaigns, while at the same time preserving the spirit of the Free Speech Clause of our Constitution. In doing so, this article first reviews and summarizes the different alternatives proposed as potential fixes for the campaign finance problem. It then explains why none of the proposed alternatives can accomplish the dual goals set out above. Finally, the article briefly sketches a proposal for a fundamental reworking of our representative democracy by substituting legislative elections with a system for randomly choosing our legislators from the general population.
Keywords
- Congress,
- Campaign Finance,
- Elections,
- Democracy,
- Free Speech
Disciplines
- American Politics,
- Constitutional Law,
- Election Law,
- First Amendment,
- Law and Politics,
- Law and Society,
- Legislation,
- Models and Methods,
- Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration,
- Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation,
- Policy History, Theory, and Methods,
- Political Theory,
- Public Affairs,
- Public Law and Legal Theory and
- Public Policy
Publication Date
2015
Citation Information
Jorge R. Roig, A Quantum Congress, 90 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 431 (2015).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jorge_roig/5
Creative Commons license
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