The Supreme Court majority continued on its march to destroy the nations campaign finance laws, which were enacted to prevent corruption and protect the integrity of our democracy, said Fred Wertheimer, a longtime advocate for election money reforms. The court re-created the system of legalized bribery today that existed during the Watergate days. And Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who last decade co-authored a sweeping law that put in place strict campaign finance limits, said “I am concerned that today’s ruling may represent the latest step in an effort by a majority of the Court to dismantle entirely the longstanding structure of campaign finance law erected to limit the undue influence of special interests on American politics. politicalticker.blogs.cnn/2014/04/02/justices-strike-down-political-donor-limits/?hpt=hp_t1
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:38:43 +0000
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