Campaign Finance Reform
Campaign Finance Reform - Tuesday, April 26, 2011 13:41 - 0 Comments
It is time to change the way elections are financed
Public Citizen has called on Congress to make some badly-needed changes in the laws governing elections in this country. As we all know, the U.S. Supreme Court turned over the financing of elections to Corporate America when it ruled campaign finance reform legislation passed by Congress to be unconstitutional in the case of Citizens United v. FEC. The decision, which found a corporation to have the same constitutional rights as a living human being, gave corporations the right to spend unlimited amounts to support or oppose candidates for elected office. If that seems rather weird, it certainly is. The 5-4 decision opened the treasuries of Corporate America to have unlimited influence over elections. The authors of our constitution would be shocked if they were around today to see what the Court did and why. Continue…
- The need for reform in Alabama is great
- Reform is badly needed on the national level
- Nothing to Report This Month
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- Alabama gets failing grade on campaign finance disclosure
- Nothing to report
- A Very Brief Report That Has Little To Offer
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