- 27 Sep, 2020
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Super Pacs
From the website: www.opensecrets.org:
“Super PACs are a new kind of political action committee created in July 2010 following the outcome of a federal court case known as SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission.
Technically known as independent expenditure-only committees, Super PACs may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, then spend unlimited sums to overtly advocate for or against political candidates. Super PACs must, however, report their donors to the Federal Election Commission on a monthly or quarterly basis — the Super PAC’s choice — as a traditional PAC would. Unlike traditional PACs, Super PACs are prohibited from donating money directly to political candidates.”
Please discuss interest groups. Specifically, please discuss the importance of interest groups as an avenue for people who cannot otherwise afford or have the ability to be involved in politics. Also, please discuss the influence of interest groups, PAC’s, and Super PAC’s in the outcome of elections in the United States, and how they affect elected representatives in the House and Senate. Should these groups be limited/regulated, if so, what would the framer’s say about any attempt by government to restrain pluralism? How do you see interest groups, PAC’s and SuperPac’s effecting national elections and specifically presidential elections?