"I do not believe that people fought and died for democracy so that billionaires can buy elections."

[BlueCaliDem]

81. And they can be stopped - using Marbury vs Madison.

From the same article at the link provided in my previous post:

"As early as 1803, in a case called Marbury v. Madison, the case in which the Supreme Court established judicial review, the court also recognized that it must not decide questions that are "in their nature political." Regulating elections and their funding to prevent corruption is a quintessential political question. For 173 years, the courts followed this mandate and declined jurisdiction over such political questions."

So no. We shouldn't be so eager to raise the white flag on this just yet. All we need is a powerful spokesperson to bring this to the media ... someone like Senator Sanders, for example, and have him/her make it vital to GOTV in order to win back the House and retain majorities in the Senate. Because it's just a that it's going to be impossible to get a Constitutional Amendment ratified in this polarized country.