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Campaign Finance Reform The Supreme Court Weighs In

Buckley v. Valeo (1976) Spending money to finance campaigns is a form of constitutionally protected free speech through the 1st Amendment Candidates can spend an unlimited amount of their own money to finance their own campaigns Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO, spent $160 million of her own $ (about $50/vote) to finance unsuccessful campaign for Governor of CA in 2010

McConnell v. FEC (2003) Rehnquist Court upheld most of McCain-Feingold a.k.a. BCRA Restrictions on free speech justified by government’s interest to prevent corruption in campaigns

Citizens United v. FEC (2010) BACKGROUND: Conservative non-profit produced “Hilary: The Movie” Purchase airtime on cable TV during 2008 election FEC deemed movie “electioneering communication” in violation of BCRA

Citizens United v. FEC (2010) SCOTUS DECISION: Political spending is protected speech under the 1st Amendment Gov’t may not keep corporations or unions from spending money to support or denounce individual candidates in elections Upheld bans on direct contributions to candidates

Consequences of Citizens United Opens flood gates for advocacy spending in campaigns ($1.3 billion in 2012 election cycle) Disclosure and transparency issues Paves the way for Super PACs

Super PACs Super PACs may raise and spend unlimited sums of money in order to advocate for or against political candidates. Super PACs are prohibited from donating money directly to political candidates.

Citizens United Public Opinion Poll Source: http://www.workingclassheroes.me/?p=1499

Impact of Super PACs on the 2012 Election Over $1.3 billion spent by 629 outside groups Only 32% of money spent yielded intended result

Stephen Colbert’s SuperPAC Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqSELPyNSo

McCutcheon v FEC (2014) SCOTUS DECISION: Individuals are no longer limited in the total amount they can donate to all candidates, PACs and parties combined per two year election cycle.