Campaign finance experts predict the court, which has demonstrated an inclination towards incremental loosening of rules restricting the flow of money into politics, will expand the types of ads corporations and unions can pay for. Their only question is just how much the justices will open the floodgates. Full Story »
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Vogel presents a critically important topic that has largely flown under the radar. His writing suggests bias in that it implies union spending would somehow be a match for huge corporate spending after decades of republican disempowering unions and enabling shipping of manufacturing jobs abroad.
Dionne's editorial provides a sharper perspective. Democracy requires limiting corporate power, and public financing of all elections would help ... More »
“The court on its own initiative decided that it was going to look at a 100 years of precedent in restricting corporate money in politics altogether. That is judicial ... More »
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