The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Act is pretty much dead. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that ensuring a competitive political system by subsidizing candidates is a violation of the First Amendment rights of those candidates who accept gobs of corporate cash.
There’s a fantastic dissent to this ridiculously-reasoned decision, but alas, it’s a dissent.
“If an ordinary citizen, without the hindrance of a law degree, thought this result an upending of First Amendment values, he would be correct.” – Kagan, J.
More commentary, here.
