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The Supreme Court's decision to give corporations and unions more freedom to spend on elections is prompting some federal and state legislators to fight back. But what does this decision really mean for American democracy?
In the wake of a controversial Supreme Court decision giving
corporations and unions more freedom to spend on elections, many
federal and state lawmakers are hoping to curb Citizens United v.
the FEC's effect on elections. The JOURNAL explores how some
legislators are fighting to curb Big Money spending even as the
court invalidates laws in 24 states aimed at keeping elections
clean. Bill Moyers sits down with the libertarian journalist Nick
Gillespie and legal scholar Lawrence Lessig to discuss public
financing of campaigns and the effects of money on politics.
Gillespie is editor in chief of Reason.tv and
Reason.com , and Lessig is a professor of law and director
of Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics. Also on
the program, with healthcare reform stalled, pediatrician Margaret
Flowers speaks about protesting for change and her recent arrest in
an effort to get a Medicare-for-all plan back on the table.