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The Supreme Court delves into campaign finance again

2025/7/4
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David Brancaccio
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David Kolker
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David Brancaccio: 协调是竞选资金中的关键概念。如果政党和候选人携手合作，共同决定资金的用途，特别是用于竞选广告等大额支出，那么这种协调行为会受到严格的监管。如果我个人想为某位候选人做广告，只要我不与她协调，我可以随意花费。但如果我与候选人协调，例如，我提议做一个广告来宣传她在枪支管制方面的愿景，并且她同意了，那么我们就构成了协调，这会受到法律的限制。 David Kolker: 在2001年的一个案件中，最高法院决定限制协调的政治支出，以减少捐助者购买政治影响的可能性。法院认为，由于存在协调，腐败的可能性就像直接给候选人开支票一样大。因此，协调等同于捐款，可以受到限制。现在，最高法院同意重新审视这个问题，因为共和党支持的挑战声称，协调的资金限制违反了言论自由。如果最高法院支持这一观点，可能会导致大量资金涌入竞选活动，规避现有的捐款限制。虽然个人给候选人的捐款有限额，但给政党的捐款可以更多。如果政党可以接受大量捐款并无限量地支持候选人，这将鼓励捐助者向政党捐款，以便他们能够帮助候选人。

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The Supreme Court is revisiting campaign finance laws, potentially overturning the 15-year-old ruling that allows unlimited corporate and union donations to candidates. The key issue is coordination between parties and candidates; if found to violate free speech, it could lead to a massive surge in campaign funds.
  • Supreme Court revisiting campaign finance laws
  • Corporations and unions can give unlimited amounts of money to candidates
  • Coordination between political parties and candidates is a key issue
  • Potential for a huge circumvention of campaign contribution limits

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Changes in the interpretation of campaign finance law could be on the horizon. It's been 15 years since the high court decided that corporations and unions can give unlimited amounts of money to candidates. But political parties have to work within separate limits when it's money used in tandem by the party and the candidate. Also on the show: the state of news consumption in the U.S. and a new approach to homeless encampments in Northern California.