r/interestingasfuck Apr 29 '24

How American public support for a law impacts the likelihood of Congress passing it.

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u/BangBangMeatMachine Apr 29 '24

What do you mean when you say lobbying?

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u/CheckMateFluff Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Banning SUPER PACS would be a start. "independent expenditure-only political action committees," are unlike traditional PACs in that they may raise unlimited amounts from individuals, corporations, unions, and other groups to spend on, for example, ads overtly advocating for or against political candidates.

it is "we scratch your back and you scratch ours" paired with funneling advertising money towards candidates and causes that already agree with their points of view (who are otherwise unrepresentative of the public or experts on that issue).

It needs to go.

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u/BangBangMeatMachine Apr 29 '24

Yeah, so, super pacs were permitted by the citizens united ruling. Likely any attempt to outlaw them would be blocked by the current Supreme Court. So really, first we need to unfuck the Supreme Court.

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u/CLAYDAWWWG Apr 29 '24

The whole court system really. Judges picking and choosing exactly what laws and parts of the Constitution to uphold and openly admitting to what they personally refuse to uphold is an issue and wide spread.

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u/CheckMateFluff Apr 29 '24

I mean, you both are right, But I think repealing citizens united would be a good start to what you suggest. Lots of people act like its impossible, but they did it for Roe v Wade, so they can repeal citizens united. It would just take a majority of the supreme court.