tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post9219986397105507820..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Political Bribery, Right at Your Fingertips (McCutcheon)Bud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-21411041546186333202013-10-08T22:57:57.553-07:002013-10-08T22:57:57.553-07:00Editorial Board, New York Times: "Politicians...Editorial Board, New York Times: "Politicians for Sale"<br /><br />On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, in which an Alabama businessman challenges the constitutionality of the overall cap on contributions an individual may make directly to federal candidates, party committees and political action committees in each two-year election cycle. <br /><br />The very wealthiest Americans already have disproportionate influence: in the 2012 election, 1,219 donors were responsible for giving $155 million to federal races. <br /><br />The nation’s founders understood the threat of corruption in politics and were preoccupied with combating it. The government should be dependent on “the great body of the people,” James Madison wrote, and not “an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it.” <br /><br />If the Supreme Court is going to help protect American politics from becoming little more than “a disagreement among rich people,” as one observer put it, it should follow its own precedent and uphold the overall contribution limit. <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/opinion/politicians-for-sale.htmlBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-34986131877504537182013-10-04T09:22:35.784-07:002013-10-04T09:22:35.784-07:00The Center for Public Integrity: Supreme Court pla...The Center for Public Integrity: Supreme Court plaintiff McCutcheon exceeded campaign contribution limit<br /><br />http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/10/03/13496/supreme-court-plaintiff-mccutcheon-exceeded-campaign-contribution-limit<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com