The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case today that could — like Citizens United before it — further undo decades of progress in the fight against the corruption of our democracy by wealthy individuals and corporations. The case is called McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. Here’s what you need to know: Right now, no individual can give more than $123,200 combined to candidates, parties and PACs in each two-year federal election cycle. If McCutcheon breaks bad, anyone with the means to do so could directly contribute up to $3.6 million to a single party and its candidates. Learn more about how McCutcheon could be every bit as disastrous as Citizens United: citizenvox.org/2013/10/07/mccutcheon-fec-supreme-court-campaign-finance-money-politics/ We’re holding out some hope on this one, because deciding the wrong way would require the justices to go back on longstanding and popular precedent. But stay tuned.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:22:50 +0000
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