Scalia has to go.<\/p>\n
Dana Milbank: Supreme Court poised to make a bad situation worse – The Washington Post<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not that we\u2019re stopping people from spending big money on politics,\u201d Justice Antonin Scalia argued. \u201cWhen you add all that up, I don\u2019t think $3.5?million is a heck of a lot of money<\/em>.\u201d <\/p>\n Actually, Nino, $3.5 million is<\/em> a lot of money. As Solicitor General Donald Verrilli<\/a> tried to point out, that means a party can get everything it needs to run all congressional races around the country from just 450 people. \u201cLess than 500 people can fund the whole shooting match,\u201d Verrilli said, adding: \u201cThere is a very real risk both that the government will be run of, by and for those 500 people<\/strong> and that the public will perceive that the government is being run of, by and for those 500 people.\u201d <\/p>\n Scalia wasn\u2019t impressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Dana Milbank: Supreme Court poised to make a bad situation worse – The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scalia has to go. Dana Milbank: Supreme Court poised to make a bad situation worse – The Washington Post \u201cIt\u2019s not that we\u2019re stopping people from spending big money on politics,\u201d Justice Antonin Scalia argued. \u201cWhen you add all that up, I don\u2019t think $3.5?million is a heck of a lot of money.\u201d Actually, Nino, … Continue reading Scalia gives Congress to his rich chums<\/span> \n