Panel Debate

Citizens United and the Future of Campaign Finance Law

Featuring Steve Simpson, Eric Daniels, Tara Malloy and Doug Kendall; moderated by Thomas A. Bowden
Washington, DC
March 16, 2010

In Citizens United, the Supreme Court held that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money on speech during elections. Critics view Citizens United as a striking example of judicial activism that will unleash a flood of corporate money in elections. Defenders view it as a ringing endorsement of First Amendment rights. All agree that it will have a significant impact on campaign finance laws. Please join our panel of experts for a vigorous discussion and debate about this important ruling.

Sponsored by the Institute for Justice and the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights

Details:
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
12:00 noon; lunch to follow

Event Room, Americans for Tax Reform
722 12th St NW, Suite 600 [map]
Washington, DC 20005

Admission is free. Please RSVP to Krissy Keys at the Institute for Justice at kkeys@ij.org by Friday, March 12.

Benefit Dinner

The Atlas Shrugged Revolution

Los Angeles, California
April 7, 2010

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Over the past year, Washington rapidly expanded its control over our lives—exacerbating an economic crisis that was caused by government control in the first place.

However, at the same time, a hopeful countertrend emerged.

Ayn Rand’s classic best-selling novel Atlas Shrugged is flying off bookstore shelves at an unprecedented rate.

Over the past year, hundreds of thousands of concerned Americans turned to Atlas Shrugged—and discovered (or in some cases, re-discovered) Ayn Rand’s morality of rational egoism and her uncompromising defense of laissez-faire capitalism.

Why is this happening? And what can those of us who uphold reason, individual rights and capitalism do to encourage and support this trend?

For an evening devoted to the discussion of these questions, we invite you to join us in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, April 7, 2009, for a special dinner event, The Atlas Shrugged Revolution.

Last September our Atlas Shrugged Revolution event in New York attracted some 125 attendees and raised more than $400,000—and we hope that you will join us in Beverly Hills, as we hold the West-coast version of this very successful event!

At this benefit dinner event, John Allison, chairman of BB&T Corporation, and Yaron Brook, president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, will discuss why Americans are turning to Rand’s magnum opus—and why the novel’s revolutionary ideas are crucial to the future of freedom in America.

You’ll also learn what the Ayn Rand Institute is doing right now to promote even greater public interest in Atlas Shrugged and Ayn Rand’s philosophy.

For more information, and to register online, please visit The Atlas Shrugged Revolution's Web site.

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