Building a democracy where the strength of our voices doesn’t depend upon the size of our wallets, and where people of all incomes and backgrounds can effectively run for office and lobby our elected representatives, requires keeping Judge Neil Gorsuch of the United States Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court Created Our Racially Biased Big-Money System
- Over four decades, the Supreme Court has gutted many of our strongest protections against big money dominating our democracy, such as:
- Limits on how much billionaire candidates can spend trying to buy elected office;
- Bans on direct corporate spending on elections, in the famous Citizens United case;
- Caps on the amount a single wealthy donor can give to all candidates, parties, and political committees (PACs) combined.
- Despite the fact that our democracy is based on equal citizenship and the principle of one person, one vote, the Supreme Court says the people and our elected representatives are not allowed to limit big money in order to give us all an equal voice over the decisions and policies that affect our lives.
- This is part of the Supreme Court’s broader “color-blind” ideology that gutted the Voting Rights Act and sees no problem with discriminatory voter ID requirements.