The Brennan Center’s Dan Weiner discusses the LLC loophole and campaign finance reform on Capital Tonight. Money politics has long dominated American politics, but the scale of the problem has gotten much worse since the Supreme Court made its infamous 2010 ruling known as: Citizens United. Also visit our main sections on Money Politics and American Democracy. Here is some background on Senior Counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program Daniel I. Weiner:
“[He] works on money in politics and other democracy reform issues, including redistricting and fair courts. He is the author or co-author of several nationally-recognized reports, including Stronger Parties, Stronger Democracy: Rethinking Reform and Citizens United Five Years Later, as well as a recent law review article, Electoral Integrity in Campaign Finance Law. Mr. Weiner writes and comments regularly on election law issues, including for the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, the Daily Beast, U.S. News & World Report, Time, Politico, and The Hill, among other outlets.”
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a “nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our systems of democracy and justice”. The video is about nine minutes long. Take a look:
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