Today John Edwards was acquitted of one of the six campaign finance law charges he faced.
The jury hung on the other five and the judge declared a mistrial.
The case establishes two things: one is that the former Breck Girl is a truly loathsome man. His defense was essentially, "Yeah- so what?"
The other, more important, thing is this: between Citizens United and this decision: there is no real campaign finance disclosure law in America any more. We are back to unlimited funds, given in secret, and used for anything one likes.
It is only a coincidence that the press is also reporting today that conservative independent political committees are planning to raise and spend one billion dollars against the Democrats this year.
The jury hung on the other five and the judge declared a mistrial.
The case establishes two things: one is that the former Breck Girl is a truly loathsome man. His defense was essentially, "Yeah- so what?"
The other, more important, thing is this: between Citizens United and this decision: there is no real campaign finance disclosure law in America any more. We are back to unlimited funds, given in secret, and used for anything one likes.
It is only a coincidence that the press is also reporting today that conservative independent political committees are planning to raise and spend one billion dollars against the Democrats this year.
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