The High Court, Hoodwinked on Finance Data

• By David M. Primo and Jeffrey Milyo
• Special to Roll Call
• June 15, 2006, Midnight

The imminent Supreme Court decision in Randall v. Sorrell — the closely watched dispute over the permissibility of highly restrictive campaign spending and contribution limits in Vermont — presents an opportunity to address the disconnect between scholarly research and the conventional wisdom about campaign finance reform.