That infinite money had to get spent separately, and politicians couldn't quid pro quo ask for huge amounts of cash to their campaign. What today's decision does is that a politician, instead of being able to call and ask for a maximum of $7,000, which is already a lot of money now after this horrible Citizens United 2.0 decision, politicians can ask for half a million dollars to be donated essentially to their campaign through various committees. Justice Kagan basically just said in her dissenting opinion that all we have left is a remnant of a remnant of the campaign finance laws we've had in, in the past. (00:50–01:12)
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Asserts that the new decision allows politicians to solicit up to $500,000 for campaigns.
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