Mega-Donors Are Undermining The Founders' Vision Of Democracy

Why won't the U.S. Supreme Court fix its 2010 decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which paved the way for private funding of federal elections by mega-donors and super PACs?

Thomas Jefferson said, “The true basis of a republic is the equal right of every citizen to have an equal voice in the government’s direction.”

Today, a few hundred mega-donors use super PACs that arguably control U.S. domestic and foreign policy, flooding out the voices of ordinary citizens.

The U.S. would not be bombing Iran if Israel had not exploite…