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The Supreme Courts decision Tuesday to strike down limits on coordinated spending between political parties and candidates risks opening the floodgates to large donations and renewed political corruption, the courts liberal justices warned in a dissent.
Writing for the three-justice minority, Justice Elena Kagan said the majority had rewritten the rules of campaign finance law, clearing the way for wealthy donors to effectively bypass existing contribution limits by routing money through political parties.
The 6-3 ruling, she argued, undermined decades of safeguards designed to prevent quid pro quo corruption, meaning direct exchanges of money for political favors, and could have sweeping consequences for U.S. elections.
Kagan closed her dissent with a stark warning about the consequences of the courts decision.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/justice-kagan-warns-supreme-court-just-unleashed-untold-harm/ar-AA26TbMn
The conservative six want their cut.
Lovie777
(24,593 posts)tough road but I think we will overcome and win keeping democracy alive.
calimary
(91,522 posts)But we have to keep fighting. And standing up for ourselves.
The one thing we CANNOT do is give up. ESPECIALLY when we know thats exactly what they hope well do!
Whip-poor-will
(668 posts)What good is citizens united if you can't totally corrupt the government , when you want how you want if you got enough.
dalton99a
(96,389 posts)Initech
(109,710 posts)If we ever get out of this nightmare, that hideous organization needs to be permanently banned from DC and all of its' employees arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit treason against the United States government. I especially want Kevin Roberts and Tom Homan on the stand admitting their involvement in this administration.
Dr. T
(831 posts)Although that strategy didn't stop Alex Jones.
Rebl2
(18,011 posts)do not care. They already take foreign money. Well I guess democrats can do that as well now, including foreign money.
Karasu
(2,354 posts)democracy.
orthoclad
(5,256 posts)While it is practical and important to legislate how money is used in elections, the main problem is the fact that a very few people have almost limitless access to bribe money.
We reduce the scope of the problem of we attack wealth inequality.
Major industries should be worker or public owned and managed.
Inter-generational wealth should be heavily taxed. No more power dynasties.
chowder66
(12,725 posts)registering and voting.