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As i said at the top, as an individual, you still have an individual cap on what you can give to a candidate. justice thomas said that should have been done away with, as well. would you like to see that happen? >> we, ive been saying the whole time i thought some base limits made some sense, but i think theyre a low number because you cant buy many ads with $5,200. again, this is about freedom of speech and an individual and its funny how he believes its about we the people. thats what i believ...

Regulating political speech. its not enough to say we want to reduce the overall amount of money in politics or level the playing field. that could be the basis for future legal challenges. >> quid pro quo corruption is a political favor in return for cash. you have to prove you gave the money, got the government to do something on your behalf. >> right. >> clarence thomas, the fifth vote for the majority, he would have gone further than chief justice roberts did with the majority. why didnt the...

You know, that i wanted to support more candidates. under the first amendment, i can support more. so its about freedom of speech and the government does not need to limit any americans regardless of economic status. >> so by that logic, then, are you also against any limits on how much we give to an individual candidate? >> well, again, ive said all along that i thought some base limits make sense. base limits are probably a little low because you cant even buy one ad with $5,200 on a good tv s...

Money is to donate a lot of the to political campaigns, so much that he felt the rerestrictions imposed by the federal government on how much money an individual is allowed to give. so as a result, he sued the federal government, the federal election commission for what he believed was the constitutional right to give money to lots more candidates that currently rules allow. the supreme court weighed in and ruled in his favor. on wednesday, a jart of the justices ruled to strike down some of the...

Mccutchen isnt challenging the base limit. hes challenging the aggregate limit. he told pete williams he simply wants to be able to get more money to more people. >> i would like to see more competition, more candidates, more challengers, more ideas, and not every candidate out there can sell funds, so a lot of candidates are faced with raising money from private individuals because the institutional money is going to go to the incumbents. so, again, i think this is about, you know, changing the...

But the supreme court is open hearing oral arguments starting today. tomorrow a case on money and politics. most people understand theres a limit on how much you can give to an individual federal candidate for congress or the president and thats $2600 per election. most people dont know theres another limit on the total amount that you can give to all candidates or all political parties put together or a two-year period. $4800 for all candidates put together. its another $75,000 or so to politic...

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