Unlimited Donations to Candidates, Coming Soon?
Former Solicitor General Paul Clement may get the Supreme Court closer to killing what’s left of campaign-finance limits.
During the George W. Bush administration, then–Solicitor General Paul Clement successfully defended the constitutionality of the 2002 McCain-Feingold law, which tightened electioneering and fundraising regulations. Can Clement now get traction on a new case, Thompson v. Hebdon, that could partially reverse that earlier victory and help lead to more big money in politics? It seems possible, if not likely, that he will get the Supreme Court closer to killing what’s left of campaign-finance limits.
Back in the early 2000s, before the Court opened the door to corporate money in candidate elections in the 2010 case, it upheld
