October 23, 2012 8:50AM 

# Free Speech Week, Day 2 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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As I mentioned yesterday, this is Free Speech Week.

Today we are highlighting Cato’s work in the area of campaign finance reform.

- “[Let’s Not Give Politicians the Power to Decide What We Can Say about Them](https://www.cato.org/publications/briefing-paper/campaign-reform-lets-not-give-politicians-power-decide-what-we-can-say-about-them),” by Douglas Johnson and Mike Beard
- John Samples offers thoughts on mandated disclosure and freedom of speech in his Cato Unbound article, “[Speech for Me, But not for Thee](http://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/11/18/john-samples/speech-for-me-but-not-for-thee/),” November 18th, 2010
- “[Campaign Finance Proposals That Deter Speech Are Bad](https://www.cato.org/campaign-finance-proposals-that-deter-speech-are-bad/),” Posted by Ilya Shapiro, July 25, 2012
- “[*Citizens United* Redux: The First Amendment Vindicated?](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=6362),” Policy Forum, Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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