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SCOTUS: Eat cake, proles
You can't make this shit up: the Supreme Court just struck down the millionaires amendment as being too restrictive to millionaires trying to wage a campaign for public office.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has struck down the "millionaire's amendment" as an unfair way to help opponents of wealthy candidates who spend from their personal fortunes.
The law allows candidates to receive larger contributions when their wealthy opponents spend heavily from their personal fortunes.
The court says by a 5-4 vote that the law violates the First Amendment.
The law was challenged by Jack Davis, a New York Democrat who has so far spent nearly $4 million of his own money in two losing campaigns for Congress and says he will spend another $3 million this year.
Davis says the law unfairly rewards his opponents by allowing them to exceed campaign fundraising limits simply because Davis has chosen to dip into his personal funds.
In other news, you now have a constitutional right to own a handgun. Quick, guess what the majority in those decisions looked like.
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Misquoting Shakespeare
Since I can own a handgun, I take my sermon from Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, scene ii:
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the millionaires."
Of course, Shakespeare's characters were a lowly bunch of would-be revolutionaries who failed miserably, so killing all the millionaires probably isn't a good idea.
The bigger problem is, this could have ramifications for the "Clean Money, Clean Elections" (CMCE) system of full public funding that is working very well in Maine, Arizona, and now Connecticut -- and should be coming to New York State and New York City soon. The problem is, CMCE also provides extra money for candidates opposed by large spenders.
Perhaps replacing a few Supreme Court "justices" with people who aren't such right-wing activist judges might help, but it will take a long time.