Posts tagged Citizens United
Holding Politicians Accountable
New York Times: Robert Menendez Indictment Points to Corrupting Potential of Super PACs
In Citizens United, the Supreme Court said independent groups can’t be corrupting because they are independent. This indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) shows how wrong they were.
Sure, we wish the member of Congress would put his name to this Vox piece, “Confessions of a Congressman,” but it’s still good to see this self-awareness from an elected official (and a little depressing).
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More money is being given by fewer people, and if you look at having money as the first step to getting elected, the number of people who control that process has shrunk.
Public Campaign President Nick Nyhart, explaining one of the major problems with our current system (Al Jazeera).
We need policies that will empower more people to have their voice heard in politics.
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Revisit Citizens United Decision
“Does the public believe this money, endless money, from groups from all over the country, is it making politics more problematic? Is it helping the cause of democracy or hurting it,” Graham said in an interview.
…it’s clear that the Court is simultaneously making it easier to buy an election and harder to vote in an election.
I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.
The fact is, we all should be working to overturn Citizens United and reduce the role of money in politics. And I guarantee you this: You reduce the role of money in politics, increase the level of civility – you will elect more women, more young people, more minorities, more LGBT community people to the Congress of the United States. It’s very important.
Find out what else Mitch McConnell said to a room full of billionaires:http://bit.ly/VQtLF5
Good question.
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