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The Supremes Kill Campaign Finance Reform
As if I weren't ticked off enough today at the state of politics, the Supreme Court today struck down -- 5-4, of course -- restrictions on the amount of money corporations can contribute to campaigns.
Anyone who thinks that corporations and businesses already wield far too much influence on laws and lawmakers should be utterly appalled by this decision. I am. Welcome to the New Dawn of special interests putting money in the pockets of the politicians who will vote the way they're told to vote. John Paul Stevens, in his dissent, said: "The court's ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions around the nation."
Indeed. I fear this is going to go down as one of the Supreme Court's worst decisions in a long, long time.
Anyone who thinks that corporations and businesses already wield far too much influence on laws and lawmakers should be utterly appalled by this decision. I am. Welcome to the New Dawn of special interests putting money in the pockets of the politicians who will vote the way they're told to vote. John Paul Stevens, in his dissent, said: "The court's ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions around the nation."
Indeed. I fear this is going to go down as one of the Supreme Court's worst decisions in a long, long time.
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Larry Lessig is worth listening to (http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/21/lessig-on-giving-cor.html) on this topic.
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