WASHINGTON: -- The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear a case challenging the per-biennial cycle limit on campaign contributions from individuals.
The case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, argues that the limit on what individuals are allowed to give candidates ($46,200 per two-year cycle) and parties and PACs ($70,800 per two-year cycle) is an unconstitutional violation of the individual donor's free speech rights.
Of course it will. And just like Citizens United it will use it to blast another giant hole in our democracy. The only way to keep the conservative majority on the USSC from selling our government to their billionaire buddies is to get rid of the conservative majority on the USSC, or to amend the constitution to say what we all know to be true, money-is-not-speech. To do the former we need to keep electing Democratic presidents, and to do the latter, we need a Democratic house and a stronger majority in the senate. That's it. It's that simple.
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