juan carlos molina, al jazeera. >> worried about how this ruling could change elections. congressman paul tonko of new york says he is disappointed. >> i'm very discouraged with the outcome here. another 5-4 vote, which seems to be an overriding theme out of the supreme court. i see this as a sequel to citizens united. it removes those caps on aggregate amounts that individuals can give to federal campaigns. and certainly my concern here, most overriding concern is, are we going to displace government of the many by a government of the money? >> and the chief justice cited freedom of speech. and in his decision in the majority he wrote, if the first amendment protects flag burning funeral protests and nazi parades despite the profowns offense such spectacles cause, popular opposition. >> i hear that but an abuse of rights can be just as dangerous as a disallowance of rights. and what you have here is an attempt or should have been an attempt to make certain that there are limits by which the influence can be felt. otherwise, you're selling seats in the house rather than c