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Das Worcester Telegram lief unseren gemeinsamen Leserbrief<\/a><\/strong> mit MASSPIRG zu McCutcheon v. FEC heute als Reaktion auf dieser Kommentar<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>

Contrary to the editorial \"Free speech blues\" (Telegram & Gazette, Oct 11), the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC and its likely decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, diminish Americans' right to free speech and undermine our constitutional system of government. <\/em><\/p><\/p>

We can debate court decisions, election statistics, and campaign contribution data, but the fact is the vast majority of people in Massachusetts and the country cannot afford to contribute tens of thousands of dollars to multiple candidates each year, and they're disgusted by a system that allows a very few to do that. <\/em><\/p><\/p>

In McCutcheon geht es um die Obergrenze f\u00fcr Gesamtspenden, die die Beitr\u00e4ge an politische Parteien und Kandidaten auf $123.200 begrenzt. Wenn das Gericht diese Obergrenze aufhebt (die zuvor mehrfach als verfassungsm\u00e4\u00dfig best\u00e4tigt wurde), k\u00f6nnten Kandidaten und Parteif\u00fchrer von einer Einzelperson Spenden in H\u00f6he von $3,6 Millionen erbitten. <\/em><\/p><\/p>

Die Gesamtobergrenzen erf\u00fcllen mindestens zwei wichtige Funktionen. Erstens verhindern sie Korruption, indem sie die direkte Verbindung zwischen Gro\u00dfspendern und Amtsinhabern unterbrechen. Ein paar superreiche Einzelpersonen, die politische Kampagnen finanzieren, beeinflussen, welche Politik der siegreiche Kandidat verfolgen wird und welche nicht, und wer \u00fcberhaupt antritt. <\/em><\/p><\/p>

Zweitens dienen die Beschr\u00e4nkungen dem Schutz des schwindenden politischen Einflusses der mehr als 99 Prozent der US-Amerikaner, die sich eine politische Spende von 14 Billionen TP3,6 Millionen nicht leisten k\u00f6nnen, geschweige denn von 123.200 TP4 Billionen. <\/em><\/p><\/p>

Make no mistake; McCutcheon's challenge is about further corrupting and distorting representative democracy by amplifying the voices of a select few and diluting the rights of the vast majority. <\/em><\/p><\/p>

PAM WILMOT, Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerin, Common Cause Massachusetts <\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/p>

JANET DOMENITZ, Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerin, MASSPIRG <\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/p>

Lesen Sie hier den Brief.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nLetter to the Editor: “Court decisions could harm democracy” - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/artikel-2\/leserbrief-gerichtsentscheidungen-konnten-der-demokratie-schaden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Letter to the Editor: “Court decisions could harm democracy”\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/artikel-2\/leserbrief-gerichtsentscheidungen-konnten-der-demokratie-schaden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/letter-to-the-editor-court-decisions-could-harm-democracy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/letter-to-the-editor-court-decisions-could-harm-democracy\/\",\"name\":\"Letter to the Editor: “Court decisions could harm democracy” - 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