SCOTUS to review campaign spending limits (!!!)

[WilliamPitt]

http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=298

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: September 27, 2005

U. S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW CAMPAIGN SPENDING LIMITS

COURT TO CONSIDER EVIDENCE THAT UNLIMITED CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING FOSTERS CORRUPTION, MONOPOLIZES CANDIDATES’ TIME

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the constitutionality of Vermont’s limits on campaign spending, setting the stage for a possible sea change in the way American political campaigns are financed. The case will give the Court its first opportunity in nearly 30 years to revisit its 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo, which struck down congressional spending limits on First Amendment grounds.

“This case is about law catching up with political reality,” said Brenda Wright, managing attorney for the National Voting Rights Institute (NVRI) and lead counsel for the Vermont groups defending the state’s limits. “When Buckley was decided, the cost of campaigns was relatively modest. Thirty years later, it’s clear the fundraising arms race has turned our officeholders into full-time fundraisers and undermined the public’s faith in government. We hope this case will allow states to protect the integrity of their elections through reasonable limits on campaign spending.”

[ewagner]

1. Buckley v. Valeo....

isn't that the same case that idiotically implied that $$$$=speech and neither can be limited?

If they are "revisiting" that decision, it may be a good thing.
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[GreenPartyVoter]

3. I'd love to see the $$ = free speech concept turned on its ear

[shoelace414]

2. oh please.. oh please..

STOP THE INSANITY!

[VelmaD]

4. I am not at all hopeful...

that they'll do the right thing. *sigh*

[MuseRider]

6. I'm with you.

The last time I felt actual comfort with something going to the SCOTUS was when Bush V Gore went. I let out a big sigh and thought that things would finally get out in the open and be settled correctly. Naive? Probably but not ever ever again. Gotta hope but never depend.

[Pithy Cherub]

5. What is SCOTUS's political makeup likely to be with one more nom

to go? Clearly, Buckley vs. Valeo is stare decisis. And who on the court voted to grant cert - we don't always get to know... This ought to be very interesting. :popcorn: