billmoyers | The answer to the problem of money in politics is political change. We
need a Supreme Court that will accept political equality as a
compelling interest that justifies reasonable campaign regulations, and
to build the jurisprudence necessary for a new progressive Supreme
Court. That Court cannot come until after the retirement of four older
justices currently sitting on it, which would open up the potential for
a new progressive majority.
This book sets out new thinking about how to rescue our politics from
plutocracy. We need to move beyond a partisan world in which Chris
Christie bows before Sheldon Adelson and in which Democrats propose
futile amendments to “overturn Citizens United” while engaging in
fundraising practices similar to Republicans. We should think through
these issues before American democracy is too far skewed toward the
interests of the wealthy, in the hope that some future Supreme Court
proves willing to accept reasonable limits on money in politics. This
book offers a way to advance the goal of political equality to resolve
the inevitable tension between free economic markets and voter equality. Fist tap Arnach.
