Conservative Court upholds public financing of judicial campaigns
Court upholds NC’s public financing of judicial campaigns
“You can’t restrict the flow of that dirty money. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t add clean money to match it”
The court had struck down limits on third party campaigns as, I assume, a limit on free speech. But they also validated the existence of public funding of campaigns. The remaining challenge is legislation to close the gap between the funding of competing candidates so that special interests do not drown out opposing points of view.
I recognize that my posts on campaign reform do not generate much debate at TMV. And if Joe Gandelman decides that the space can be better used by another I would not protest. But I can’t read about the problems of the world without trying to understand their source and possible remedies. It is as much a mental health exercise as an intellectual one.
Government of the people and by the people (and protection of minority interests) is perhaps the greatest milestone of humanity – People working together to agree on the best course for the future. It is a great concept that is weakened by the corruption of the greedy and selfish who place their interests above those of our societies. It is the most fundamental responsibility of citizens to do what is necessary to ensure that we have our wisest representatives participating in decisions determining the quality of our lives and those of our children. And for me, this all points to the ongoing efforts of perfecting how we elect those representatives.
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4 Responses to “Conservative Court upholds public financing of judicial campaigns”
Paul, your posts are just fine. Thanks!
I find your posts on this subject very informative. Thanks!
I'm very interested in your posts In fact, I look forward to them.
This political campaign season, however, coupled with some other develpmetns, has leftt me with a serous case of hopelessness. Read Jazz's post for one reason why that is so.
As I've said before, it seems to be hard to capture the public's attention unless something highly controversial is involved, like sex or religion.
I hope you'll keep posting for a very long time.
Campaign finance, voter restrictions, jerrymandering noncompetitive political districts, squeezing out third party viability, squashing electoral reform (such as getting rid of the electoral college by amendment or by state compact, allowing second-choice votes or none-of-the-above votes or run-off elections)–all these are vital issues that need more attention if we are to break through our ossified system and revitalize our democracy.