The Big Sky, Big Money documentary tries to investigate the element of corruption within the election process

and to emphasize (once again) the loopholes in the campaign finance law (either those created by legislatures or the U.S. Supreme Court). It is somehow interesting to see how justices from Montana Supreme Court or the U.S. Supreme Court asks the parties to provide them with specific legal doctrines which would support their position, considering the fact that the U.S. Supreme Courts decisions are definitive and cant be appealed. The U.S. Supreme Court (further S.C.) , as opposed to many European jurisdictions is entitled to solve cases which involve constitutional law issues, thus determining in a certain way the federal legal policy for a long period of time (the legislatures of all levels being thus restrained by the judiciary in their own field of activity). Thus, the S.C. has the primordial responsibility to perform justice in a way that will satisfy the interests of all American people, and not only those of a litigating party, an opinion shared by Justice Stevens 1 in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The role of PACs in nowadays American election system seems to me like a loophole for loopholes. Theyre created to be independent, but any entity which has the function of a hub between investors and political parties apriori cannot live without tending to help the aid recipient. The documentary discussed the issue of absence of necessity to disclose the donors for those organizations that fall under the criteria established by section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code2. Under these circumstances, PACs rise a few problems, among which: (1)the absence of transparency regarding the indirect donors of candidates; (2)the increasing role of corporations lobby within the U.S. governmental system and the influence of interest groups
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-205.ZX.html http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Other-Non-Profits/Types-of-Organizations-Exempt-under-Section501(c)(4)