Last week, by a vote of five to four, the US Supreme Court overturned two of its own precedents and a 63-year-old limit on corporate spending in political campaigns. The majority said it was lifting the burden of "censorship." The dissenters said it was opening the door wider than ever to corporate corruption.
The US Supreme Court and Partisan Politics
Credits
Guests:
- Tom Hamburger - investigative reporter for the Washington Post - @thamburger
- Fred Wertheimer - Founder and President, Democracy 21
- Bradley Smith - Center for Competitive Politics - @CommishSmith
- Heather Gerken - Yale Law School - @gerkenheather