Op-Eds Archive
Who Shot John: The Story of How $777,600 Contribution “Limits” Ended up in The Omnibus Bill By Fred Wertheimer | HuffPost | 12/15/14 Campaign finance laws are generally enacted to solve problems and deal with corruption scandals. The Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974 (FECA) followed the Watergate scandals of the 1970s. The Bipartisan […]
The Huffington Post 2014 Election Confirms Citizens United Decision Based on Fundamentally Flawed Premises By: Fred Wertheimer The 2014 congressional elections confirmed that the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United was based on fundamentally flawed premises. The Court majority in Citizens United explicitly based its misguided decision on two grounds: campaign expenditures by outside groups […]
Symposium: The Supreme Court and the McCutcheon decision The Supreme Court majority in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission has continued on its step-by-step path to destroy the nation’s campaign finance laws. The Court in McCutcheon overturned forty years of national policy and thirty-eight years of judicial precedent to strike down the overall limits on the total contributions an individual […]
MSNBC Did Citizens United Corrupt Elections? In an interview with Chuck Todd on his show, The Daily Rundown, Wertheimer explains that the McCain-Feingold law prohibiting unlimited contributions to political parties accomplished its purposes and is not part of the problem today. Wertheimer also discusses the Citizens United decision and the very serious problems it has […]
Citizens United and the 2012 Election: A Disaster for Democracy Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case has proven to be a disaster for our political system and our democracy. Five Justices of the Supreme Court bear responsibility for the corrupt campaign finance system that now faces the American […]
Politico Citizens United: Watergate redux By Fred Wertheimer June 15, 2012 When the Supreme Court issued its disastrous Citizens United decision, five justices took the nation back to the era of secret money, unlimited campaign contributions and corporate funds at the core of the Watergate scandal. On June 17, 1972, a burglary at the Watergate […]
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