"Activism seeks to drive legal and political change by relying on activists' rights of free speech, assembly, and association." Patrick J. Preston, "Activism and the Rule of Law," 71 NWLawyer No. 3, April/May 2017, 26.
Public policy means different things to different people. For this blog, public policy law is the special combination of legal areas that affect Americans' ability to advocate or oppose governmental actions. In other words, the federal, state and local laws that affect individuals' and organizations' rights to speak, gather, and support (or oppose) public policy. These areas include: campaign finance and election law; tax-exempt organization law; free speech, association and petition rights under the First Amendment; and related legal concerns.
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