campaign finance reform Topic

Gunslinger

June 17th, 2010 | 9 Comments

Do the Democrats actually stand for anything? Republicans seem to have no problem sticking to their guns on core issues (as deranged as some of them may be). The latest absurdity for the party in power is the new campaign finance reform bill, which, in order to gain the votes of conservative Democrats in the [...]

Campaign Reform

June 11th, 2010 | 8 Comments

The Roberts Court continues its assault on campaign finance sanity, striking down an Arizona law which has worked well over the years to level the playing field, allowing candidates encumbered by the need to raise campaign funds to compete against self-funded multi-millionaires. The Court’s reckless activism is upending decades of legal precedent, and in the [...]