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Supreme Court weighs Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections (apnews.com)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.

A day after the justices indicated they would overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting the president’s power to fire independent agency heads, the court on Tuesday is revisiting a 2001 decision that upheld a provision of federal election law that is more than 50 years old.

Democrats are calling on the court to uphold the law.

The limits stem from a desire to prevent large donors from skirting caps on individual contributions to a candidate by directing unlimited sums to the party, with the understanding that the money will be spent on behalf of the candidate.

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Class war is happening right now, right before your eyes.

And wealthy and empowered psychopaths are winning and you and I and all the rest of us are losing.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

As legal-bullshit specialists, I wouldn't put it past 'em to figure out how it's legal for the Republican Party to spend on federal races, but not Democrats.

[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Oligarchy, here we come...