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It didn't overturn the BRCA, but the minority in McConnell laid the groundwork for the Citizens United decision. O'Connor wasn't willing to hand the country ove
by arrosenberg 2y ago
It didn't overturn the BRCA, but the minority in McConnell laid the groundwork for the Citizens United decision. O'Connor wasn't willing to hand the country over to oligarchs like Alito was.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoSure, but that still doesn't address whether Citizens spoke to lobbying rules. It was more about contributions and PACs.
- arrosenberg 2y agoIf you want to pretend you don't understand the relationship between lobbying and the ability of groups to spend unlimited money influencing politicians, that's your prerogative. I think more highly of you, so I'm not going to spend my time arguing the point.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> the relationship between lobbying and the ability of groups to spend unlimited money influencing politicians The point is this lobbying wouldn’t have been restricted by anything Citizens touched. OpenAI isn’t giving money to a PAC, it’s buying bog-standard lobbying hours. This is an adjacent but nevertheless separate issue.