Burt Neuborne

Burt Neuborne, the Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties at New York University Law School, is the founding legal director of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. He served as national legal director of the ACLU during the Reagan administration, and has represented Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold in litigation over campaign finance reform.

April 17, 2012

Letters

Feedback on the April 9 issue: trusting government (“again?”), Katha Pollitt’s plea to affluent pro-choicers and Burt Neuborne’s open letter to the ACLU

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Campaign FinanceMarch 21, 2012

Why the ACLU Is Wrong About ‘Citizens United’

A former ACLU attorney points out that corporate spending on political campaigns is not “free speech” deserving First Amendment protection.

Burt Neuborne
Campaign FinanceJanuary 13, 2011

Debating ‘Citizens United’

Was the Supreme Court’s infamous decision a desecration, or only what the Constitution requires? A First Amendment scholar and civil liberties advocate debate.

Floyd Abrams and Burt Neuborne
LawApril 7, 2005

Addicted to the Courts

Judicial victories aren’t enough.

Burt Neuborne
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PoliticsJanuary 31, 2002

Letters

Burt Neuborne
Political FiguresJanuary 5, 2001

Block Ashcroft–I

Burt Neuborne
PoliticsOctober 5, 2000

Letters

Burt Neuborne , Gabriel Schoenfeld , Wayne Owens and Nora Cusack
Campaign FinanceSeptember 25, 2000

First Amendment for the Rich?

At stake is whether the twenty-first-century First Amendment will be a protector of the powerful or a resource for the weak and disfranchised.

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April 17, 2012

Feedback on the April 9 issue: trusting government (“again?”), Katha Pollitt’s plea to affluent pro-choicers and Burt Neuborne’s open letter to the ACLU

Campaign FinanceMarch 21, 2012

A former ACLU attorney points out that corporate spending on political campaigns is not “free speech” deserving First Amendment protection.

Campaign FinanceJanuary 13, 2011

Was the Supreme Court’s infamous decision a desecration, or only what the Constitution requires? A First Amendment scholar and civil liberties advocate debate.

LawApril 7, 2005

Judicial victories aren’t enough.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

PoliticsJanuary 31, 2002

Political FiguresJanuary 5, 2001

PoliticsOctober 5, 2000

Campaign FinanceSeptember 25, 2000

At stake is whether the twenty-first-century First Amendment will be a protector of the powerful or a resource for the weak and disfranchised.