Over the
last four years, millions of Americans have stood up to protest the corrosive
power of big money on our elections, which was made worse by the Court’s
Citizens United decision and its onrush of Super PACs and mega-donors.
Today, the
Supreme Court doubled down on that wrong-headed decision, and by a narrow 5-4
decision, struck down federal contribution limits to allow even more big money
into our democracy.
We can’t
stand for this. These decisions have to be overturned if we want to restore
democratic power to the people. That’s why we’re fully committed to organize,
organize, organize, until we have the people power necessary to overturn
Citizens United through a constitutional amendment.
In the
last presidential election, we watched a handful of mega-donors outspend huge
swaths of the American public. We project that from now through the 2020
election, this new decision will bring an additional $1 billion into our
elections from no more than 2,800 mega-donors.
When such
a small number of people can tip the scales and make sure they are heard over
the rest of our country, we are clearly not working with a level playing field.
This means your voice is being drowned out.
With the
highest Court bent on gutting campaign finance laws, you know this is not a
fight we will win overnight, but it’s also important to know that there are
solutions available that we can work to implement now.
Illinois
PIRG is committed to this fight for the long haul. With
your support we will work toward immediate repair and long term fights to fully
fix this broken system. Right now we are working to implement a small donor
empowerment program to amplify the voices of average Americans. At the same
time, we are working to amend the Constitution to make sure we can put limits
on big money and fundamentally restore political equality for all Americans.
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