News @lemmy.world Davriellelouna @lemmy.world 3d ago

US Supreme Court takes up a Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections

apnews.com Supreme Court takes up a Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections

The Supreme Court will take up a Republican-led drive to wipe away limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.

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Money is speech.

So shut the fuck up, peasants, and let the people with money talk.

--Citizens United Decision
- Bribery is just argument by other means.
  
  Clarence Thomas's concurrence on the case they take after this one.
  
  Man, I really thought the court would get slightly less insane and evil when Scalia died, but Thomas has just gotten wild with it. It's like scalia's ghost just left its body and decided to double bunk inside of Clarence.
Dark money is already unlimited, so how much more fucked would this actually make us, in practice.
- The "problem" they're trying to "correct" by the use of the word coordinate, is that in order for the unlimited money super pacs to be legal, they must not coordinate with the campaigns of those they support.
  
  Now they want to have full control over the unlimited money instead of jumping through hoops to hide their control.
  
  Billionaires are just straight up buying the country.
  
  It's absolutely time for another tea party, we don't have representation, the ownership class has representation. They don't pay taxes, but we do.
  
  Put me in, coach
Buy! Buy! Buy! Kill! Kill! Kill! Take! Take! Take! Nothing bad will come of this! Nothing bad will come of this! Nothing bad will come of this!
6-3 in favor abolshing all limits. Calling it now.
Sure... I mean this already is happening. Let's all try to act like super pacts have been completely independent all this time. Maybe two justices will have a stroke and flip citizens United.
They have limits?
Well, there goes the check on power.
I'm sure this Supreme Court will take all sides of the argument into consideration, make an informed and responsible decision, and relay the reasons for their decision to the Americans whom they serve.

Right?
- Right.
  
  As in Right wing.
Harris raised a lot more than Trump did in the last presidential general election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-harris-campaign-fundraising.html

The Democrats, their allied super PACs and other groups raised about $2.9 billion, versus about $1.8 billion for the Republicans.
- I don’t care if they are red or blue, ending unlimited money from corporations and wealthy donors is the only way to save our democracy.
- Oooh okay cool. It's totally fine then. Surely that single example is representative of every single election past, present, and future, and a great reason to abolish any sort of caps on donations.
Finally, a break for the little guy.

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