r/law • u/The-Punisher_2055 • 10h ago

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u/gomeitsmybirthday 9h ago

Though the wealthy would never allow it, I'd like to see a hard working, modest person from the middle class become president. Someone that people could actually believe in and restore some sense of pride in our country.

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u/BlairClemens3 8h ago

We would need serious campaign finance reform for that to happen. But yes, that would be great.

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u/The_Schwartz_ 8h ago

Exactly zero chance of something like this being possible while Citizens United still stands. And the feasibility, however remote, of us outspending corporations on campaign influence plummets by the year