McCutcheon Decision

April 4, 2014 – Segment 2

We examine the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, which lifts the limits on amounts that individuals can give in aggregate to political campaigns. Our commentators are: John Nichols, Washington Correspondent for The Nation and co-author of Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America; and Brentin Mock, New Orleans-based journalist who serves as Reporting Fellow on Voting Rights for Colorlines.com.

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Written by Marc Steiner

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