Supreme Court strikes down 'millionaires amendment'

[babylonsister]

Supreme Court strikes down 'millionaires amendment'
By Michael Doyle | McClatchy Newspapers


WASHINGTON — Wealthy political candidates caught a break Thursday as the Supreme Court struck down a campaign finance rule that benefits their opponents.

By 5-4, the court ruled that Congress went too far when it loosened fundraising restraints for politicians facing millionaires who invest in their own campaigns. The court's majority declared that the campaign-finance double standard violated First Amendment free-speech guarantees.

"The argument that a candidate's speech may be restricted in order to level electoral opportunity has ominous implications because it would permit Congress to arrogate the voters' authority to evaluate the strength of candidates competing for office," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority.

The decision, arising out of a New York state congressional race, marks the second time in as many years that the court has undercut a 2002 campaign finance law co-authored by Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona. The now-diminished law is the signature Capitol Hill accomplishment for McCain, the all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee.

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[BrklynLib at work]

1. Pretty soon you will have to be a white, land-owning male in order to vote or run for office.

..and witches will be burned at the stake, and only the oldest male will be able to inherit property.
:mad: :grr: :banghead: :scared:

[TBF]

2. People have no clue as to how close we really are ... one more facist

on the High Court is all it will take. It's so disgusting.

[Hydra]

3. We don't need even that 1 more

Basically, every protection a citizen might possibly enjoy has been declared null, and the gov't has declared Bush's word as law.

Bring dipping sauce- the number of liberals burned at the stake will be be in the millions.

[havocmom]

5. Tha latter part is not a complete loss...

think of all the Cain and Able routines that will occur in extremely wealthy families. Less of them might be a good thing ;)

[BrklynLib at work]

6. You are truly gifted at finding the silver lining...

:rofl:

[havocmom]

8. Yet, most call me a cynic...

I prefer to think I consider many facets of most situations. :evilgrin:

[formercia]

7. McCain vs McAble

Obama can do the job better.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. "Our Country was founded by a lot of white guys who owned slaves"

"That wanted to be free" George Carlin.