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Topic: Buckley v. Valeo

(AP/Reuters/Dennis Van Tine/Richard Drew/Shannon Stapleton)

Putting oligarchs on notice

Elias Isquith
Antonin Scalia, Zephyr Teachout (AP/Dave Tulis/Mark Lennihan)

Scalia's bad law, bad history

Zephyr Teachout
David Koch, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump (AP/Evan Agostini/Charles Dharapak/Reuters/Joshua Roberts/Photo montage by Salon)

This is not a democracy

Timothy K. Kuhner
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Jeff Malet Photography, maletphoto.com/photo collage by Salon)

Plutocracy's moment is now

Calvin F. Exoo, Christian Exoo