Blows the fucking MIND doesn't it? And who's an "actiivist" court now?
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This is SUCH massive bad.
The constitutional basis of this opinion is one of the REAL problems with the whole "Corporations as Legal Persons" concept. Can anyone say, "Washington for Sale?" It seriously needs to be revisited. In the Media Age, the staggering costs of running a successful campaign mean that wealthy corporations and other special interests have the power to literally purchase any election they please.
Maybe they'll pass a law that requires politicians to wear sponsorship logos like NASCAR race drivers if their contributions go over a threshold amount!
It will be very interesting to see how congress will respond to this horrifically unbalanced decision.
Like the little whores they are-- peddling every corporation they can to get funds for the next election. Promising the corporations anything they want in exchange for that money. It'll be a feeding frenzy. You can bet they've got names, names, names all lined up for this bit of mana from heaven.
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Some commentage at truthout.org
This is SUCH massive bad.
The constitutional basis of this opinion is one of the REAL problems with the whole "Corporations as Legal Persons" concept. Can anyone say, "Washington for Sale?" It seriously needs to be revisited. In the Media Age, the staggering costs of running a successful campaign mean that wealthy corporations and other special interests have the power to literally purchase any election they please.
Maybe they'll pass a law that requires politicians to wear sponsorship logos like NASCAR race drivers if their contributions go over a threshold amount!
It will be very interesting to see how congress will respond to this horrifically unbalanced decision.
no subject
Like the little whores they are-- peddling every corporation they can to get funds for the next election. Promising the corporations anything they want in exchange for that money. It'll be a feeding frenzy. You can bet they've got names, names, names all lined up for this bit of mana from heaven.