Campaign Finance System Reform

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Supreme Court of the United States Acts to Enable More Money in Politics

• https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/justices-strike-down-campaign-finance-law/

• https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/national-republican-senatorial-committee-v-federal-election-commission/

• https://theconversation.com/political-parties-can-now-spend-unlimited-money-supporting-candidates-after-supreme-court-overturns-decades-of-precedent-280664

A Blunt Statement on the current ruling comes from Michael Waldman, president and CEO at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law:

“(The) campaign finance ruling is part of the Roberts Court’s 16-year drive to destroy anti-corruption laws. From Citizens United forward, these justices have ushered in an era of massive money in politics. If you don’t like the way the political system is working, blame the Supreme Court."

“Here, the Court again overrode the law passed by Congress, going against the wishes of the vast majority of the American public who want reasonable campaign finance limits. The questions at the heart of this case were for Congress to answer, not nine unelected justices."

“The Court’s campaign finance vendetta has given wealthy donors outsized influence, resulting in a fusion of private wealth and political power unseen since the Gilded Age. Public trust in our institutions is plummeting. Congress must act to curb corruption arising from the flood of money in elections and restore Americans’ faith in government. Ambitious reform is long overdue.”

• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-court-strikes-down-limits-political-party-spending-candidates
• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/nine-solutions-political-corruption
• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/poll-voters-want-solutions-government-corruption

• https://www.brennancenter.org/topics/money-politics
• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
• https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/money-politics-roundup-october-2025

More:

• http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/us/politics/fec-cant-curb-2016-election-abuse-commission-chief-says.html

• http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-04/republican-state-legislators-want-campaign-finance-disclosure

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/05/04/get-ready-for-a-lot-more-dark-money-in-politics/

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Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United and Related Decisions of the Supreme Court of the US:

Result? A New Era of Money in Politics

• http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/civil-rights/240837-citizens-united-the-view-from-the-ivory-tower-has-a-blind

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• http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/us/politics/fec-cant-curb-2016-election-abuse-commission-chief-says.html

• http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-04/republican-state-legislators-want-campaign-finance-disclosure

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/05/04/get-ready-for-a-lot-more-dark-money-in-politics/

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PoliticoPay Time

• http://www.salon.com/2015/03/22/5_signs_america_is_devolving_into_a_plutocracy_partner/

• http://billmoyers.com/2015/05/01/political-reporters-refuse-show-us-money/

• http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/26/end-big-moneys-chokehold-democracy-amend-constitution

• http://americamagazine.org/issue/catholic-case-campaign-finance-reform

• http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/us/politics/fec-says-campaign-fines-hit-record-low-in-2014.html

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In memory of my friend, and collaborator on Campaign Finance Reform legislation, Senator Paul Wellstone

• http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/12319-paul-wellstones-legacy

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