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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JBTFD who wrote (121538)	1/11/2012 3:50:55 PM
From: TimF	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224705

So what do you think of the Citizens United verdict that opens our political system to unlimited anonymous donations? It doesn't do that. It doesn't affect donations at all, it affects independent campaigns. In the words of Justice Kennedy (who wrote the majority opinion) - "If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech." Do you think that will empower politicians more or put them further on a leash? Neither. It will, at the margin, add more voices to the political debate, but it will probably have relatively minimal impact on campaigns and politicians, at most a moderate impact.