{"id":13816,"date":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/letter-self-government-does-depend-on-the-right-to-participate-in-political-debate\/"},"modified":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","slug":"letter-self-government-does-depend-on-the-right-to-participate-in-political-debate","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/letter-self-government-does-depend-on-the-right-to-participate-in-political-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Self-government does depend on the right to participate in political debate"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13816","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":null,"related_issues":[137,2082],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

(This post was published as a letter to the editor<\/a> in the Boston Globe)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

We agree \"self-government depends on the right to participate in advocacy and debate\" (McCutcheon decision reaffirms First Amendment<\/em><\/a>, Boston Globe, April 6). That's why we side with the dissenting opinion in <\/a>McCutcheon contre FEC<\/a> <\/em>and with previous decisions that had upheld the $123,000 contribution limit struck down by the Court.<\/p>

As Justice Breyer says in his dissent \"where enough money calls the tune, the general public will not be heard.\" Far from freedom of speech protection, McCutcheon<\/em> amplifies the voice of a handful of ultra-wealthy that can afford to give $3.6 million directly to candidates, and muffles that of the 99.99% of Americans who can't afford to give at that level or even $5, $10 or $100.<\/p>

The Framers wanted Congress to be dependent \"on the people alone.\" Sadly, Congress is more dependent on big money in elections\" a dependence that is sure to increase now. Dollars don't vote, but they do limit voters' options and mold the policy agenda to the desires of big money.<\/p>

And that's why a constitutional amendment is necessary to curb the activist and politically naive Court and to bring our democracy back in line with the founding principle of one person one vote.<\/p>

(Also read this letter in the Globe opposing the McCutcheon<\/em> ruling, Oligarchy defense disguised as one for free speech<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nLETTER: Self-government does depend on the right to participate in political debate - 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\/fr\/articles\/letter-self-government-does-depend-on-the-right-to-participate-in-political-debate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LETTER: Self-government does depend on the right to participate in political debate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/letter-self-government-does-depend-on-the-right-to-participate-in-political-debate\/\" \/>\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-self-government-does-depend-on-the-right-to-participate-in-political-debate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/letter-self-government-does-depend-on-the-right-to-participate-in-political-debate\/\",\"name\":\"LETTER: Self-government does depend on the right to participate in political debate - 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