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The Supreme Court Needs to get Smarter About Politics

Via The Washington Post At one point during the oral argument Tuesday in the case of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, Justice Antonin Scalia remarked that he didn’t understand the legislation in question. “This campaign finance law is so intricate…

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When it Comes to Money, Sen. Pot, Meet Judge Kettle

Via The Washington Post THE SUPREME Court has rightly upheld a Florida ethics rule that prohibits judges from personally soliciting campaign contributions. The case involves a lawyer, Lanell Williams-Yulee, who in 2009 sent out a letter announcing her candidacy for a county…

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Foreign Money in US Campaigns, Even from Porn Companies?

Via Breitbart In the past two weeks the German founder of an international porn distribution company was convicted of tax evasion stemming from charges he had not paid taxes on $100 million in profits, while Reuters reported that American authorities declined to…

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Hamilton: How Money is Ruining Politics

Via The Detroit News Money is poisoning our political system. The people who matter most to a representative democracy — the ordinary voters in whose interests elected politicians are supposed to act — feel as though they’ve become an afterthought…

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Americans for Prosperity Aims for Tennessee Influence

Via The Tennessean Republican Rep. Kevin Brooks of Cleveland says all he did in January was ask fellow GOP lawmakers to keep an open mind on Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal. But the House assistant majority leader quickly…

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Get ready for a lot more ‘dark money’ in politics

Via Business Insider   Over the weekend, the New York Times published a sobering interview with the head of the Federal Election Commission, who confirmed that she had largely given up on the agency playing a meaningful role in restraining…

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