The New York Times is reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that banning political donations from corporations, unions, and other groups is unconstitutional. The decision will surely further increase the influence of money on election campaigns.
The court's five conservative justices - Roberts, Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Kennedy - were in the majority; Ginsburg, Stevens, Breyer, and Sotomayor dissented.
Comments for "POLITICS: Supreme Court throws out important campaign-finance limits" (2)
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Nunya said on Jan. 21, 2010 at 2:30pm
The culmination of a decade of individual rights being rolled back is the official affirmation of the rights of the corporation.
rochester99 said on Jan. 21, 2010 at 5:18pm
While a corporate entity may not directly vote, indirectly they can now vote thousands of times. The power of money, the concentration of wealth has now additional tools to increase the disparity of the rich vs. the masses. A HORRIFIC decision that illustrate the conservative/Republican control over so many elements of day to day life in America…to the advantage of the rich and powerful. The drug, banking, finance, oil, health care industry now have the means to control government for their narrow benefit!
This is why democrats/liberals/progressives must ratchet up their battle against the Republicans now….enough of the timid, overly bipartisan strategy of the Democrats (especially Obama’s administration). If the Democrats lose power again…they may never regain it again!
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