Campaign spending redux, Scalia style
In April, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of parts of the McCain-Feingold Act, a campaign-spending law passed in 2002. I wrote in an earlier posting about the First Amendment ramifications of campaign-spending laws.
As usual, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered the edgiest questioning during oral arguments.
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Open Elections
Our popular vote is invalidated by an election system that was designed by the political parties, to maintain their control. This complicated, costly election process marginalizes citizens’ votes, rewards the party hacks, and gives undue power to political insiders. Politicians and money interests have appropriated our wishes in this archaic election procedure.
