The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
March 4, 2014

In Rare Interruption, Supreme Court Urged to Uphold Campaign Spending Caps 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on a key campaign
finance case that has been dubbed "the next Citizens United." The case,
Mc Cutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, is named for Shaun Mc
Cutcheon, a Republican donor who wants the court to throw out the
aggregate limits on what an individual can donate in a single election
cycle. Critics say striking down the caps would do for individuals what
the Citizens United case did for corporations, opening the floodgates
for unlimited spending. In a rare action last week, a campaign finance
activist interrupted proceedings inside the Supreme Court chamber. Kai
Newkirk of 99Rise spoke out in what is reportedly the only known video
of the Supreme Court in session.

Kai Newkirk: "I rise on behalf of the vast majority of the American
people who believe that money is not speech, corporations are not
people, and our democracy should not be for sale to the highest bidder.
Overturn Citizens United. Keep the cap in Mc Cutcheon. The people demand
democracy."

A number of groups, including Public Citizen, are planning to hold more
than 100 actions across the country on the day the Mc Cutchen ruling is
issued.

 

.