The New Citizens United: Supreme Court Strikes Down Political Spending Limits for Rich Donors

http://truth-out.org/news/item/22857-the-new-citizens-united-supreme-court-strikes-down-political-spending-limits-for-rich-donors

BULLSHIT.

Floridatexan wrote:
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22857-the-new-citizens-united-supreme-court-strikes-down-political-spending-limits-for-rich-donors

BULLSHIT.  

You're right.

Big Sal beat you to it with a thread here.  Yours is an opinion piece on a far left Progressive site.

Catch up.

Bug off, fascist.

Speech = Money I seriously think the Supreme Court must return to the corruption exemption of Citizens, and I think a properly drafted campaign finance reform bill which goes to the corruption prevention aspect will be upheld by the court. A fellow who gives a 100 million to candidates, and does not want internet gambling can simply buy a politician. I think the court has stepped on the clear constitutional role of congress to set up rules for elections. Patience and honesty will get this done.

2seaoat wrote:Speech = Money         I seriously think the Supreme Court must return to the corruption exemption of Citizens, and I think a properly drafted campaign finance reform bill which goes to the corruption prevention aspect will be upheld by the court.   A fellow who gives a 100 million to candidates, and does not want internet gambling can simply buy a politician.  I think the court has stepped on the clear constitutional role of congress to set up rules for elections.  Patience and honesty will get this done.

I hope you're right, but I'm beginning to think it's time for torches and pitchforks. The absolute hubris of those 5 judges...who the hell do they think they are? (Rhetorical). Citizens United was an absolute travesty, but this is completely in-your-face unconstitutional.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/02/1289169/-McCutcheon-Ruling-Requires-Americans-to-Reclaim-Democracy

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission strikes a devastating blow at the very foundation of our democracy.

This is truly a decision establishing plutocrat rights. The Supreme Court today holds that the purported right of a few hundred superrich individuals to spend outrageously large sums on campaign contributions outweighs the national interest in political equality and a government free of corruption.

In practical terms, the decision means that one individual can write a single check for $5.9 million to be spent by candidates, political parties and political committees.

Even after Citizens United, this case is absolutely stunning. It is sure to go down as one of the worst decisions in the history of American jurisprudence.

Until today, nobody could contribute more than $123,000 total in each two-year election cycle to political candidates and parties.

Citizens United allowed Big Business to spend literally as much as it wants – predominantly in undisclosed contributions filtered through the likes of Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce – distorting our elections. But Citizens United money can go only to outside groups.

Now McCutcheon removes meaningful limits on the total amount an individual can directly contribute to candidates, political parties and political committees.

Yes, you and I now have the “right” to spend as much as we want, too.

But no regular person can compete with Charles and David Koch.

There are literally only a few hundred people who can and will take advantage of this horrendous ruling. But those are exactly the people our elected officials will now be answering to.

That is not democracy.

It is plutocracy.

Today’s reckless Supreme Court ruling threatens so many of the things we love about our country.

No matter what five Supreme Court justices say, the First Amendment was never intended to provide a giant megaphone for the wealthiest to use to shout down the rest of us.

Our only hope of overturning this McCutcheon travesty – along with Citizens United – is if millions of Americans band together in saying “Enough!” to plutocracy.

We couldn’t face a starker choice: Accept rule by the few, based on wealth. Or join together to protect and reclaim our democracy – the notion that We, the People decide.

Today, people across the nation will be responding with protests to this outrageous decision. We, the People insist that our government and our country remain of, by and for the people – all the people, not just those few who have amassed billions in wealth.

A vibrant movement for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and reclaim our democracy has emerged since the 2010 issuance of that fateful decision. The demonstrations today – unprecedented as a same-day response to a Supreme Court decision – are just the latest manifestation of how that movement is now exploding across the country.

We refuse to cede control of our country and our government to amoral multinationals and morally comprised plutocrats.

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Who is the biggest rat on this case that's not a member of the SCOTUS?...Mitch McConnell.

You can read all about it at:

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mccutcheon-v-federal-election-commission/

2seaoat wrote:Speech = Money         I seriously think the Supreme Court must return to the corruption exemption of Citizens, and I think a properly drafted campaign finance reform bill which goes to the corruption prevention aspect will be upheld by the court.   A fellow who gives a 100 million to candidates, and does not want internet gambling can simply buy a politician.  I think the court has stepped on the clear constitutional role of congress to set up rules for elections.  Patience and honesty will get this done.

Adelson is a pompous prick. I would avoid his casino's at all cost.

Floridatexan wrote:
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22857-the-new-citizens-united-supreme-court-strikes-down-political-spending-limits-for-rich-donors

BULLSHIT.

but they were good folks when approving Obamacare lol

Floridatexan wrote:

I hope you're right, but I'm beginning to think it's time for torches and pitchforks. The absolute hubris of those 5 judges...who the hell do they think they are? (Rhetorical). Citizens United was an absolute travesty, but this is completely in-your-face unconstitutional.

Pisses you off does it? Are you advocating overthrow of the government you traitor? You were all for the Congress and Obama using reconstitution to pass Obamacare ...now that the pendulum is swinging back, your wittle fewlings aww huwwt

Floridatexan wrote:

2seaoat wrote:Speech = Money         I seriously think the Supreme Court must return to the corruption exemption of Citizens, and I think a properly drafted campaign finance reform bill which goes to the corruption prevention aspect will be upheld by the court.   A fellow who gives a 100 million to candidates, and does not want internet gambling can simply buy a politician.  I think the court has stepped on the clear constitutional role of congress to set up rules for elections.  Patience and honesty will get this done.

I hope you're right, but I'm beginning to think it's time for torches and pitchforks.  The absolute hubris of those 5 judges...who the hell do they think they are?  (Rhetorical).  Citizens United was an absolute travesty, but this is completely in-your-face unconstitutional.  

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/02/1289169/-McCutcheon-Ruling-Requires-Americans-to-Reclaim-Democracy

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Who is the biggest rat on this case that's not a member of the SCOTUS?...Mitch McConnell.

You can read all about it at:

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mccutcheon-v-federal-election-commission/

DailyKOS...nuff said

The reliability of the DailyKOS.



A typical example of dignified character of the DailyKOS

KarlRove wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:

I hope you're right, but I'm beginning to think it's time for torches and pitchforks.  The absolute hubris of those 5 judges...who the hell do they think they are?  (Rhetorical).  Citizens United was an absolute travesty, but this is completely in-your-face unconstitutional.  

Pisses you off does it? Are you advocating overthrow of the government you traitor? You were all for the Congress and Obama using reconstitution to pass Obamacare ...now that the pendulum is swinging back, your wittle fewlings aww huwwt

STFU, sock. You have no clue what democracy IS.