Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig
Our Strategy to Cancel SuperPACs
Oct 12, 2023
Legal expert Lawrence Lessig outlines our plan to fight back against SuperPACs. He discusses the logical mistake in SpeechNow v. FEC, our video competition to uncover it, and the legal strategy to render SuperPACs powerless. He also explores the power of Congress to limit campaign contributions, the flawed logic behind super PACs, and finding an alternative state to challenge current laws. Learn how to support the campaign through volunteering, financial contributions, and participating in a video competition.
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- Launching a video competition with a $50,000 prize to challenge the logical mistake behind the creation of super PACs and break the conventional wisdom that the First Amendment protects them.
- Formulating a legal strategy involving an initiative in Maine to limit contributions to independent political action committees, aiming to trigger a Supreme Court challenge and overturn the mandate of super PACs.
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Introduction of the video competition
The podcast episode introduces a video competition with a $50,000 prize. The competition aims to find a video that creatively explains the logical mistake behind the decision that led to the creation of super PACs. The background is provided, explaining that super PACs were not created by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, but rather by a lower federal court decision in March 2010. The episode emphasizes the importance of breaking the conventional wisdom that the First Amendment protects super PACs and launching this video competition to challenge that notion.
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