I think allowing monetary restrictions on campaign-finance (with the exception of prohibiting anonymous donations directly to politicians) is the court's campaign-finance original sin.
When multiple people share an opinion and want to advocate for it, they have to spend money to get heard. Printing pamphlets, making videos, paying people to stand on the corner. You can't have freedom of speech without the corresponding freedom of advocacy.
When multiple people share an opinion and want to advocate for it, they have to spend money to get heard. Printing pamphlets, making videos, paying people to stand on the corner. You can't have freedom of speech without the corresponding freedom of advocacy.