Supreme Court Got it Right on Campaign Financing

Supreme Court transforms campaign finance rules, lifting limits on party spending

The Supreme Court's conservative majority transformed campaign finance laws, lifting limits on how much political parties can spend on advertising and other expenses in coordination with candidates. Geoff Bennett discussed the decision with Rick Gasen, a professor of law and political science at UCLA.

SCOTUS Hands Republicans A Big Win

Republicans won a major campaign finance case at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and Vice President J.D. Vance has a direct connection to how the challenge began. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down federal limits on how much political parties can spend on campaign activities coordinated with their own candidates, USA Today [] The post SCOTUS Hands Republicans A Big Win appeared first on Red Right Patriot.

Liberal Justices Raise Alarm on Corruption in Fiery Dissent

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyThe three liberal justices on the Supreme Court slammed the country’s highest court for ushering in an era of blatant political corruption with a landmark decision on Wednesday.In a 6-to-3 decision, the court’s conservative majority lifted the federal limits on the amount of money political parties can spend in coordination with a candidate. The decision is a victory for Republicans heading into the midterms after the National Republican Senatorial Committee challenged the campaign finance law, arguing the limits violate the First Amendment. Read more at The Daily Beast.

The Supreme Court just embraced an incoherent theory of presidential power

Last month, the Supreme Court majority issued a pair of opinions that take a bold swipe at the constitutional power of Congress to enact laws limiting presidential power at the behest of the voting public. It did so while tossing to the wind, once again, the right-wing justices' purported adherence to conservative principles of judicial...

Justice Elena Kagan warns Supreme Court decision on campaign finance rules ‘ushers in untold harm’

The Supreme Court decision to strike down limits on coordinated spending between political parties and candidates could open the door to larger donations and renewed political corruption, the court’s liberal justices warned in dissent. Writing for the three-justice minority, Justice Elena Kagan said the majority had rewritten campaign finance rules by allowing wealthy donors to...