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Keynote judge warns big money can reshape elections, cites Musk-linked tactics in Wisconsin contests
Summary
In a Law Day keynote, the event—eatured a senior judge rguing that concentrated campaign money and novel funding tactics threaten the rule of law, citing Citizens United v. FEC and describing a multi-pronged effort tied to Elon Musk that included paid petition incentives and $1,000,000 rally checks in a Wisconsin judicial contest.
A senior judge delivering the Law Day keynote in La Porte County on May 1 cautioned that the rule of law faces pressure from concentrated campaign money and newer fundraising tactics that can sway elections.
"They don't work for us anymore. They work for whoever funds their campaign," the keynote speaker said, framing the threat as a structural one and tracing the change to court rulings such as Citizens United v. FEC (2010). He warned that corporate and organizational spending has enlarged the influence of wealthy donors on nonpartisan contests.
The judge described a…
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