r/SandersForPresident • u/Successful-Way-2313 • 14d ago

Maine's voter-approved limit on PAC contributions triggers lawsuit in federal court

https://apnews.com/article/maine-super-pac-donation-limits-lawsuit-49cf34be8ae6aaf96c0b92ad09615abb
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u/Raizau New Jersey 🐦 14d ago edited 13d ago
  • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A pair of conservative groups on Friday challenged a Maine law that limits donations to political action committees that spend independently in candidate elections, arguing that money spent to support political expression is “a vital feature of our democracy.”

Supporters of the referendum overwhelmingly approved on Election Day fully expected a legal showdown over caps on individual contributions to so-called super PACs. They hoped the referendum would trigger a case and ultimately prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the matter of donor limits after the court opened the floodgates to independent spending in its 2010 Citizens United decision. -

It goes on to talk about how republicans say infinite pac contributions are vital to democracy, and thats why they are fighting it.

Some speech is valued higher than others.

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u/Skydiver860 14d ago

”a vital feature of our democracy”

Hasn’t it been the conservatives that have been saying we aren’t a democracy? Can they make up their minds?

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Is the classic fascist doublethink.

We are not a democracy, "we're a republic" when that is beneficial for them, and we are a democracy when that is beneficial for them.

But when it is not beneficial to them we are not either of those things.

So I guess what I'm saying is the party just decides what is and isn't truth not based on the truth but entirely based on what would benefit them personally most at the time.

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u/TheMagnuson 13d ago edited 13d ago

A Republic is a form of Democracy though. That’s the part they like to leave out. On top of that, we have a Representational Republic, its just that most in Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Branch, and many of the heads of various government agencies, all forgot a long time ago that they are representatives of their constituency.

Ignoring the fact that they to be representatives of their respective constituencies was the first sign of the fall.