Modern Elections Are Corruption, Sen. Al Franken Argues

WASHINGTON — Elections have become just another form of corruption in the six years since the Supreme Court legalized unlimited corporate spending on campaigns, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and others charged Thursday.

Speaking on Capitol Hill at an event where Democrats rolled out a legislative agenda that they said would put pressure on Republicans in the 2016 elections, Franken offered stark assessment of the impacts of the Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling in the 2010 Citizens United Case.