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Democracy Can Fix Bad Court Decision

Submitted by Monica Rober on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 22:11

The executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign points out that there are ways to combat the Citizens United ruling to ensure that ordinary citizens have a voice in the political system - namely the Fair Elections Now Act."In fact, there is a large menu of possible courses of action. Public financing of elections. Congress could pass the Fair Elections Now Act and the Wisconsin Legislature could build on the recent passage of the Impartial Justice bill creating publicly financed state Supreme Court elections and expand that model to all state offices. This option remains constitutionally sound and only awaits a forceful legislative response to the Supreme Court's outrageous assault on our democracy."Click here to read the full article.

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