April 13, 2014

Hillary Clinton Knocks Supreme Court’s Campaign Finance Decisions

This article from February 2014 discusses Hillary Clinton’s criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision to allow more campaign financing via the Citizens United case. The Supreme Court ruling allows people to donate to as many candidates as they would like. This essentially gives wealthier Americans more of an influence in campaigns. The article goes on to talk about Clinton’s trip across the west coast and her public statements on Vladimir Putin and Russia.

                I think that the Supreme Court’s choice on the Citizens United case was the wrong ruling. It will obviously give wealthier Americans much more power, while also minimizing the already little say on people who are not as wealthy. Despite this, I think that Hillary Clinton is somewhat hypocritical in her comments, and she is benefitting from this decision as well. Although she may not benefit as much as some of the possible Republican candidates, she will still have an improvement because of this decision. It is possible that the reason she is criticizing this decision is to fall into line with her party, as most democrats disagree with the ruling on this case.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/09/hillary-clinton-knocks-supreme-courts-campaign-finance-decisions/