• “The court has failed to undo the partisan redistricting that has left the House hopelessly polarized. … it has created a campaign-finance system that is directly responsible for the rise of uncompromising leaders on both sides of the Capitol.” • “Political money was again before the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning, … the conservative justices are poised to make things even worse. Now they are prepared to expand on their 2010 decision that caused an explosion of independent spending by allowing the wealthy to give about $3.5million apiece to candidates and parties in each election cycle. Their rationale: They’ve already allowed the system to become so flooded with money that more won’t hurt. … “It’s not that we’re stopping people from spending big money on politics,” Justice Antonin Scalia argued. … Solicitor General Donald Verrilli tried to point out, that means a party can get everything it needs to run all congressional races around the country from just 450 people. “Less than 500 people can fund the whole shooting match,” • “It was as if Scalia, having left the stable door open, noticed that a horse had bolted — and decided the best solution would be to set the rest of the animals free. ”
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