Citizens United (Hillary: the Movie) v. Federal Election Commission
The so-called Citizens United case offers the Supreme Court a chance to severely curtail the free speech abuses of the Federal Election Commission. John Samples, Director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Representative Government, Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Steve Simpson and George Mason University law professor Allison Hayward weigh in.
This video was produced by Austin Bragg ( http://www.twitter.com/habragg ) and Caleb Brown ( http://www.twitter.com/cobrown ).
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or more likely …
or more likely ignore protests and insist they’re defending the people’s rights
Yeah. It’s called …
Yeah. It’s called newspeak. You can’t get definitions by just looking up words in the dictionary. “Machine gun” includes .22 pistols if and when they want it to. The second doesn’t say “Shall not be infringed too badly” or “Shall not be infringed by all that much,” but that’s how they read it. If you can pull that off, words don’t mean anything anymore, so what do us proles need the first amendment for anyway? They’ll probably say the act of making the law was unconstitutional…but the law’s ok
What about the …
What about the words “Congress shall make no law” does congress no understand. Do representatives need to go through a special class where they learn a different English?
There should be …
There should be some way to expose the money trail while still allowing for political speech. So say as much as you want about a candidate but don’t donate too much money to their campaign… or maybe I am missing something.
Yes we actually do …
Yes we actually do ban books, you should be taking on more than the FEC.
Hey, I’m still …
Hey, I’m still looking for the exemptions in the First Amendment that allow the government to outlaw I-know-it-when-I-see-it obscenity or cigarette ads or the alcohol content in beer. I must be blind.
Of course, who’s going to stand up for obscenity? Most people won’t even admit to looking at ordinary . We’re a nation of (not the good kind, though).
Stand Up For The …
Stand Up For The 1st Amendment! Stand Up For Free Speech!
Thank God in Heaven …
Thank God in Heaven for Cato, a voice of sanity in a nation determined to go insane.
Or is it the other …
Or is it the other way around?
So the argument …
So the argument that elected officials only do certain things just because they got funding from an industry or coalition is a load of crap. Elected officials very rarely make political moves just to satisfy donors. With the huge amount of campaign contributors on each side of an issue, what’s the point of acting beholden to one side or another? And it’s not as if money is everything. Liberal groups or candidates CAN win, too, and many times do, much to my chagrin sometimes.
There’s absolutely …
There’s absolutely no evidence that money in politics influences politicians. I mean, yeah, maybe candidates are influenced by the possibility of losing funding from particular interest groups or corporations to vote or not vote a certain way, but they get funding BECAUSE of their record and positions! Not because the groups honestly believe that a little campaign funding will make them 100% beholden. Candidates can easily switch sides and get money from OTHER interest groups if they want.
The BCRA …
The BCRA restrictions are absolute bullshit! I wish the campaign finance reform idiots would just get over it already and realize it DOESN’T WORK! Money will always be an important factor in politics, and we can’t eliminate the influence of corporate money or “corrupt” money, as some might refer to it. Money in politics is here to stay. People who have clout and favorable positions on the issues as well as a good record WILL get the funding they need from private donors.
Thanks Cato for …
Thanks Cato for posting this video! I LOVE THE CATO INSTITUTE!
F-ing ! Scary
F-ing ! Scary
This kind of stuff …
This kind of stuff scares the out of me.
Were were they when …
Were were they when George Soros was pumping two hundred million into Obama’s campaign. ? That my kitties is the most obscene form of campaign abuse.
Holy lord…
Holy lord…
5/5
5/5
5*****
5*****
Well done.
Thanks …
Well done.
Thanks Cato!