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CalFione

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5. I don't believe any possible SCOTUS court would rule that....

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 01:39 PM

Feb 2020

...a person couldn't spend their OWN money however they see fit.

Buying TV commercials with one's own money is not something any justice would rule could be blocked. Because if they say that a person can't spend their own money to buy ad time, they could say that they could restrict how you spend YOUR dollars.

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

Campaign finance reform won't ever be able to impact how one spends their OWN money CalFione Feb 2020 #7

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

If the Constitution was amended, and the SCOTUS expanded by the next president, it could Fiendish Thingy Feb 2020 #15

Hard to think of how an amendment could restrict how an individual spends on themselves CalFione Feb 2020 #17

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

Getting rid of polio doesn't stop tuberculosis, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2020 #9

Oh, I agree! CalFione Feb 2020 #12

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

They're linked because of the common misconception that Citizens United is responsible for this CalFione Feb 2020 #16

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