Democracy & Destiny

Democracy & Destiny EP 13 with Marina Pino WBAI Version


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In this episode Brennan Center fellow @ProfCiara talks to Brennan Center lawyer Marina Pino about money in politics and the solution of public financing for elections in New York City, New York State, Seattle and elsewhere. They discuss the history of Watergate that led to the Presidential Public Financing System, the Supreme Court's upholding public financing in Buckley v. Valeo and Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett as well as the harm the Supreme Court wrought in Citizens United v. FEC with a shoutout to the Barbie movie for covering Citizens United in its opening credits. This also discusses the latest development in the Buffalo Billions Scandal in U.S. v. Aiello a remand from Percoco v. U.S. and Ciminelli v. U.S. cases in which the Supreme Court continued its trend of deregulating corruption. Includes the adventures of @ProfCiara's labradoodle. This is based on a chapter in the book of Corporatocracy published by NYU Press.
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Democracy & DestinyBy Ciara Torres-Spelliscy