Kagan Pens Scathing Dissent as Supreme Court Kills Another Campaign Finance Rule

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'Today's decision can only bring this country's political system into further disrepute,' wrote Justice Elena Kagan after the Supreme Court's right-wing majority sided with Sen. Ted Cruz.

"In allowing those payments to go forward unrestrained, today's decision can only bring this country's political system into further disrepute," wrote Justice Elena Kagan.In a decision Monday that liberal Justice Elena Kagan warned will further corrupt the nation's money-dominated political system, the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority struck down a campaign finance regulation limiting federal candidates' ability to use campaign funds to repay personal loans.

Established by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, the rule barred candidates from using more than $250,000 in campaign funds collected after an election to recoup their loans to their own campaign.

 

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