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TMI 4/05/2014: McCabe on McCutcheon, You Have No Right to Vote, and Much More!

In this week’s Supreme Court ruling on McCutcheon vs FEC, we saw what many are denouncing as “the end of democracy in America” and “Citizens United on steroids” – it certainly looks bad, but what exactly happened, and what are the most likely repercussions? I’m brushed up on the issue, but I cannot match the years of campaign finance expertise of Mike McCabe, of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. He’ll join us to give us a clear view of it all.

Then, as if that wasn’t enough electoral bad news, I’m going to go over a very strange fact: you do not have a Constitutional right to vote in America. If you think that sounds insane, you’re not alone: Congressman Mark Pocan has proposed a Constitutional amendment to explicitly define that right to vote for all. But just in case you think he and I are completely off-base, we’ll review exactly why we make this outrageous claim.

All that and more on TMI for Saturday April 5th, 2014, broadcasting live at noon Central on WSUM 91.7FM and audio-streamed live via http://wsum.org/ ! Don’t miss a thing!