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4. Buckley v viejo is what controls here

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 01:39 PM

Feb 2020

and that decision is decades old.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Getting rid of Citizens United wouldn't stop what Bloomberg and Steyer are doing [View all] CalFione Feb 2020 OP

This is why we need public funding of elections. HerbChestnut Feb 2020 #1

Bingo! nt Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #6

Even if elections were publicly funded.... CalFione Feb 2020 #10

Actually it could, if congress had the courage to pass a law prohibiting it Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #2

Campaign Finance Reform Now! no_hypocrisy Feb 2020 #3

I don't believe any possible SCOTUS court would rule that.... CalFione Feb 2020 #5

The amount of money spent on campaigns could be restricted. Merlot Feb 2020 #19

There would be massive loopholes that could be jumped through CalFione Feb 2020 #20

Buckley v viejo is what controls here dsc Feb 2020 #4

Lets compare ............................... turbinetree Feb 2020 #8

Oh, I agree! CalFione Feb 2020 #12

Don't link the issues, then. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2020 #13

I'm not really opposed to what they're doing DrToast Feb 2020 #11

Bloomberg & Steyer not quite the same problem as Citizens United. empedocles Feb 2020 #14

Why couldn't those hypothetical 9 liberal judges Merlot Feb 2020 #18