With your repeated editorial support for the Supreme Court’s much maligned Citizens United ruling, you have served as a rare journalistic voice in defense of core First Amendment principles. But your opposition to disclosure requirements as reflected in your editorial “Show Us Your Donors” (Nov. 5) is not only at odds with Citizens United but with virtually all Supreme Court rulings in this area and the views of all but one of the present members of that Court. Those cases commenced with the Buckley v. Valeo ruling in 1976 that upheld disclosure requirements on the ground that they “provid[ed] the electorate with information” about the sources of spending on elections.
So looking forward to hearing Floyd on Monday as he delivers the Raymond Pryke First Amendment lecture at UCI Law.