Posted on 10/08/2013 7:37:02 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
In arguments in McCutcheon and Republican National Committee v. Federal Election Commission (See Transcript), the deep divide on the court over First Amendment speech protection and campaign finance limits—last reflected in Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)—surfaced again. This time, the constitutional attack was on federal limits on the total amount of money an individual may contribute to candidates and political groups in a two-year election cycle.
With competing hypotheticals, the Roberts Court's conservatives challenged the government's argument that the so-called aggregate contribution limits were still needed to combat public corruption, while the moderate-liberal wing sought to bolster the argument.
The case has attracted the usual outpouring of amicus briefs by conservative, libertarian and Republican-leaning groups challenging the limits, and liberal, union, reform and Democratic-leaning organizations defending them…
In the end, the outcome of McCutcheon may depend on Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., who asked lawyers on both sides for a narrow way to resolve what he said was a serious restriction on the speech of those who want to contribute to many candidates in an election but who are hobbled by the money limit.
A consequence of the aggregate limits, Roberts said, is "telling someone who wants to contribute to more than nine candidates, he can't contribute to the tenth. It seems a very direct restriction on much smaller contributions that Congress said do not present a problem with corruption."
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It’s called uncostitutional, dear Johnny boy. The whole campaign contribution lSupreme Court jurisprudence is made up, unconstitutional drivel. Congress shall make no law . . . Get it you elitist fraud?
The psychology of liberals is very interesting. They don’t trust free association or the institutions that grow up around it. Things like churches, religions, organizations (Scouts, Foreign Legion, John Birch Society, Lions, Elks, bowling leagues, sports teams, and etc.), and businesses in their various forms.
Yet, their solution is based on an institution, not freely associated, but forced which is run by enlightened third parties which: 1. care more about you than you do and 2. know more about you and reality than God.
How on earth can liberals be logical? Doesn’t their entire premise of belief point to insanity?
removing the limits will help Democrat big wigs like Peter Lewis and George Soros the most.
You think those guys are obeying those laws or that the Obama Administration would ever enforce those laws against them?
You think those guys are obeying those laws...”
We’ll never ever know how much they contribute or to whom as long as it is a Democrat candidate. Doesn’t matter how many laws they pass.
We can be purists and oppose all limitations on campaign contributions, but we can only do so in the absolute certain knowledge that millions more dollars will be spent each year to undermine our way of life.
We're basically screwed if we "win" and screwed if we "lose" on this decision. I can see people having an opinion one way or the other on this issue, but making this a litmus test for true believers seems somewhat self-destructive.
Campaign contributions should be limited to individuals(or groups of individuals). The whole idea that corporations or unions should be allowed to contribute is not what the founders intended.
.No kidding. this is what you get with Ivy League brainiacs who have long since lost their moorings in the real world.
I believe the founders would disagree with you.
IMHO, I’m with you. If one cannot pull a lever to vote, they should not be able to contribute (that goes for groups, PACs, etc.)
Don’t always agree with George Will, but he hit the nail square on the head on campaign finance law:
1. No limits.
2. No foreign money.
3. Full disclosure.
>How on earth can liberals be logical? Doesn’t their entire
>premise of belief point to insanity?
AARRRGGGHH!
You are killing me, because I have been explaining this everywhere, but people are still saying things like this. The Liberal is not illogical. They are programmed with a rabbit-like, r-selected reproductive strategy, which is actually the best way for a biological organism to reproduce when resources are not limited. Avoid conflict in any way possible, mate promiscuously, single parent, sexualize offspring early, and have no loyalty to in-group - it is just like the rabbit, for a distinct reason, which has long been known in Evolutionary Ecology. This is a distinct reproductive strategy which Evolutionary Ecology has identified for several decades now in the animal kingdom. The whole abhorrance of free association is an instinctual attempt to eradicate a selective mechanism which favors the K-selected, group-oriented, competitive psychology. It is all about forcefully banning the competitive environment, which is the one environment in nature which culls r-strategists, and forcing everyone to be a good little rabbit.
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This work horrifies Liberals. Explain it to one, and you will be astonished at how they recoil. Explain it to them, and they begin to freak out, almost instinctually. The sooner everybody stops wondering why Liberals are so stupid and illogical, and begins explaining to everyone why it is so logical that Liberals are so stupid, is the day our political battles will become much easier.
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