“Sunlight is the best disinfectant.”
–Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
With the Supreme Court’s holding in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, No. 12-536 this week, apparently we are well on the way towards no limits on campaign contributions, by any entities, for any office.
As deplorable as that development is, it’s aggravated by ever-murkier disclosure laws.
Unfortunately, the same financial interests who’ve succeeded in removing limits on campaign contributions also appear to be writing the disclosure rules (or lack thereof).
P.S.: My consistent position on campaign spending is that there should be publicly-financed elections.
The few billion that that might cost pale in comparison to the distorted tax and spending priorities associated with privately financed elections.
See also, “Matthew McConaughey for President?!?”