美最高法院推翻竞选资金限制，政党可无上限协调支出

" THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. AMNA: FOR MORE ON THE COURT'S 6-3 DECISION TO LIFT LIMITS ON HOW MUCH POLITICAL PARTIES CAN SPEND IN COORDINATION WITH ITS CANDIDATES, WE'RE JOINED BY RICK HASEN, PROFESSOR OF LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AT UCLA. WELCOME BACK TO THE NEWSHOUR. THANKS FOR JOINING US. REPUBLICANS WERE ARGUING THE LIMITS ON THESE COORDINATED PARTY EXPENDITURES AMOUNTED TO LIMITS ON FREE SPEECH. WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING OF LIFTING THOSE LIMITS AND ALONG IDEOLOGICAL LINES?

THIS IS MORE OF THE SAME. WE HAVE HAD THE SUPREME COURT SINCE THE 2010 CITIZENS UNITED CASE RULED THAT CAMPAIGN-FINANCE LAW AFTER CAMPAIGN-FINANCE LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. SOME EARLIER RULINGS, LIKE CITIZENS UNITED, HELPED CREATE SUPER PAC'S WHICH EMPOWER OUTSIDE GROUPS. THE LIMITS ON POLITICAL PARTIES, THE SUPREME COURT IN A DEREGULATORY PHASE HAD NOT REALLY TACKLED. TODAY THE COURT IS GIVING POLITICAL PARTIES A LEG UP SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR LARGER DOLLARS WITH THOSE SUPER PAC'S AND WORK MORE DIRECTLY FOR CANDIDATES.

THE MAJORITY SAYS THIS IS GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY BECAUSE STRONG POLITICAL PARTIES ARE GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY. AMNA: IN TERMS OF WHO IT MAY BENEFIT, I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THIS CASE IS BORN OF THE THEN-OHIO CANDIDATE JD VANCE'S CAMPAIGN, WHO SUED IN 2022 TO CHALLENGE THE LIMITS. REPUBLICANS BACKED THE CASE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTED IT. DOES THIS RULING BENEFIT REPUBLICANS MORE THAN DEMOCRATS?

IN THE SHORT TERM, PROBABLY, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY APPARATUS, LIKE THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS, THEY HAVE HAD AN EASIER TIME RAISING MONEY THIS ELECTION CYCLE THAN THEIR DEMOCRATIC COUNTERPARTS. THEY HAVE A HEAD START EVEN IF PEOPLE START GIVING MORE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IN THE LONGER TERM, I THINK WE SEE MORE PARITY BETWEEN THE PARTIES. BY 2028, SOME OF THAT SUPER PAC MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO OUTSIDE GROUPS WILL NOW FLOW THROUGH PARTIES AND THAT WILL GIVE CANDIDATES MORE CONTROL OVER THE MESSAGE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT COME FROM THEIR CAMPAIGNS.

AMNA: AND THE MORE SHORT OR MEDIUM TERM AS WE LOOK TO THE LEAD UP OVER THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, WHEN AND HOW IS THIS GOING TO SHOW UP? WHEN WILL PEOPLE SEE THAT?

THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SEE AT OUR THE FOR-PROFIT TELEVISION STATIONS BECAUSE NOW POLITICAL PARTIES WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE LOWEST UNIT RATE, THE CHEAPEST ADVERTISING THAT CANDIDATES ARE ENTITLED TO. WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE MORE CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING. IT'S GOING TO SHOW PROBABLY MORE REPUBLICAN ADVERTISING BECAUSE OF THAT ADVANTAGE I JUST TALKED ABOUT IN THE SHORT TERM. EVENTUALLY I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO LOOK THAT DIFFERENT, BECAUSE ALREADY WE HAVE SUCH A DEREGULATED SYSTEM THANKS TO EARLIER DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT.

THERE IS SO MUCH MONEY FLOWING INTO OUR POLITICS TODAY THAT IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THERE IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE MONEY. IT'S GOING TO GET SHIFTED FROM OUTSIDE GROUPS TO POLITICAL PARTIES. AMNA: IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY.