John Paul Stevens to testify on ‘dark money’

[octoberlib]

Conservative legal scholars beware: The John Paul Stevens show is coming to the Senate.
The former Supreme Court justice will appear as the star witness at a Senate Democrats’ hearing on “dark money” Wednesday, congressional aides said Sunday. The hearing is the first congressional probe into campaign finance since the high court’s decision to abolish aggregate donation caps in the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission decision earlier this month


Given Stevens’s propensity to make news as his book “Six Amendments” hits store shelves — he’s recently advocated legalization of marijuana and ripped into his former colleagues’ decision to strike down portions of the Voting Rights Act — it’s not difficult to imagine sharp criticisms of the McCutcheon decision from the former justice, who retired in 2010.
Stevens recently told The New Yorker that McCutcheon was “grossly incorrect” and he has been consistently critical of the shifting campaign finance landscape since the landmark Citizens United decision boosted the First Amendment rights of corporations.




Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/john-paul-stevens-testify-dark-money-106066.html#ixzz30FcJUudT

[jberryhill]

1. Isn't that the stuff which keeps the universe from expanding too fast?

[octoberlib]

2. That's exactly what it does!

[jberryhill]

3. Who knew John Paul Stevens was a physicist?

I mean, wow, he's been a saint for what - two days? And now he knows physics.

Did he sleep at a Holiday Inn Express or what?