CPAC panel: ‘Celebrate’ Citizens United ruling

[Bill USA]

Conservative lawyers dismiss threat of foreign money, anonymous political spending at CPAC

Anonymous political speech. Foreign money in U.S. elections. The proliferation of super PACs. How grave a threat do any of things pose to American democracy? Not much, according to a panel of conservative attorneys, who gathered Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.

The high-profile legal minds on the CPAC panel largely agreed that the changes to the campaign finance landscape are grounds for celebration.

Thanks to the Citizens United decision, we’ve seen “more voices, more competition, and more accountability,” said panelist Benjamin Barr, a senior fellow at the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank.
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... and more money for those brokering our democracy to the highest bidders. ..."more accountability"?? Yeah right, with secret contributions to Super-Pac affiliated non-profits. Corporate Feudalism is here, courtesy of John Roberts and fellow fascist Supremes.

[Old and In the Way]

1. It was the Republican Fundraising Act of 2011

A gift from the Republican majority on SCOTUS to a corrupt Party that was losing the fundraising edge with traditional metrics based on capped individual contributions. Now they can spend all kinds of money raised by corporate treasuries and don't need to worry about the voter sustaining their campaigns. Their whole agenda now serves a few big money interests. They best get legislation passed to disenfranchise voters because they won't be winning many more popular elections, based on everyone having access to the ballot box.