Opinion | RWPUSA: Thanks to Sen. Cruz, a court ruled that candidates can repay an infinite amount of loans. - MSNBCDaily
Explicitly saying there is a quid pro quo is a great way to book an extended stay in federal prison. So, as with a great many campaign contributions, it's"wink-wink, nod-nod." But in these situations, the usual professed motive for campaign contributions — the donor's desire to help a good candidate win — is absent. The candidate has already won.
Another difference is that this campaign contribution goes directly into the candidate's pocket and benefits him personally.
in 2009, federal courts have bent over backward to protect money as speech. Free flow of speech is the engine of democracy, and these judicial holdings assume that because money buys more speech, money should be protected, as well. It does not matter that, as the late federal judge John T. Noonan Jr.
This is a state of affairs that will not last. Either this line of cases will be reversed, whether by a less activist federal judiciary or by constitutional amendment, or we will cease to live in a representative democracy. We will have the best elected officials that money can buy. And now the money need not be given solely for the purpose of electing a candidate, but simply to pay off the candidate after he has already won and is ready to do what is expected in return.Richard W.
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