and michael waldman, president of the brennan center for justice at nyu law school. miss murphy, let me start with you. what does today's case mean to clients like yours and to combine finance? >> i think what today's decision is a big victory for the first amendment and for the rights of individuals who want to exercise their first amendment rights robustly and to support as many candidate ass they choose to support. a diverse array of them with a variety of views, and not to not be artificially limited to supporting, as it was, only nine candidates when there are many more that they may have a strong interest in supporting in whatever way they can. >> sreenivasan: michael waldman what is the difference between eight candidates or 400 candidates? >> i think it's a significant opinion. it's the first time the supreme court has truck down a federal contribution limit since water gas gate since they were imposed. i think it will lead to significantly new corruption. the fact is there are many, many ways that these kinds of contributions to other candidates can be used

joining us now michael waldman. thank you so much for being on the show.your initial read ofrg this decision, who defendants the most in one says big donors, state parties. seems a lot of those political entities got a big, big boost today. >> this seems very clearly going to be a decision that will benefit above all else big donors and the elected officials who want to hit up those big donors for contributions. and unfortunately the corrupting nexus between big money and governmental decision making is going to get more and more significant. wheth what we see here that is new is the supreme court said for the first time with stark calculala that the only possible rational for a -- is if it's like a bribe. if you have an american hustle type situation where people are on video in costume holding over a suitcase full of money, you can still restrict that. but laws previously upheld by the supreme court said look, if you have ways where an elected official can say hey would you give money to these ten friends of mine, don't be surprised they may give it back