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A court of, by and for the 1%
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Washington Post


Washington Post, July 3, 2012
Posted: July 10th, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/roberts-court-is-stil...

Nearly 70 percent of voters think super PACs should be outlawed, and more than half strongly do. We can hardly believe that the billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch will spend more this year than John McCains entire presidential campaign raised in 2008. We cant stand the constant flood of negative ads on every channel or the ominous anonymity of the interests behind them. The Roberts Court sees all this and refuses to acknowledge that it give[s] rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. Fortunately, if on the question of campaign finance the Supreme Court is immune to the court of public opinion, progressives are fighting through other avenues to transform todays corrupt system into one that is fair, transparent and participatory. In [the] state of New York, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a path-breaking investigation of tax-exempt groups that might be fraudulently funneling funds into politics, including a charitable foundation affiliated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is partnering with Protect Our Democracy ... to apply the same successful, grass-roots pressure they used in getting same-sex marriage passed to our campaign finance system. They have joined with citizen activists who are looking to New York Citys successful, multiple-match public financing system. A Brennan Center for Justice study showed that this system promoted diversity among candidates and donors and reduced the influence of corporate money.

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