Poll: The greatest blunder of the Supreme Court?

[crepesack]

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0121/Supreme-Court-Campaign-finance-limits-violate-free-speech

Just recently the supreme court has ruled, that under the first ammendment corporations can spend any amount of money towards any candidate they favor. In other words, they can buy out votes in congress and the senate. But it gets worse, foreign agencies can now back particular candidates they like.

In my opinion this is the most disconcerting court decision i've ever heard.

The vote was 5-4 with the concurring decision made by the 5 conservative judges.

 

[Fayathon]

Wooo, now we're going to get screwed even worse by corporations with special interests...

 

[faceless chick]

i'd say the 1st big screwup was recognizing that companies were legally "people" so as to escape taxes and othewr stuff which led to the becoming corporations (19th century)

 

[Azure-Supernova]

Oh yeah, and that's not fucked up at all...

 

[CroMagnon]

I KNOW! Boy, what. the. fuck.

Companies. are. not. PEOPLE.

Why the hack are they covered by the first amendment? Boy, isolate america, with its crazy money grabing i say. This could be the start of the end.

 

[tux789]

So institutional sexual harasment is going to fly again.
You know, while the corporations are expressing themselves

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

This is what's wrong with politics today...

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Aww, dammit. Not again.

 

[CroMagnon]

Also, change the poll question to should corporations have first amendment rights. Because, if you live in the US the awnser is just yes.

 

[dmase]

Yes I could very well get flamed for this, but I don't care. Republican party=the party of the average joe(joe the plumber if you will) and they are protecting you the people by letting the people with the biggest pockets spend as much as they want but don't worry they are going to be spending it on the people's party, so you in the middle class will be good.

I can't wait till company's buy shares of political partys and depending on how many shares get this many representatives or positions that the president will make. McDonald's former VP the head of the FDA, Former oil tycoon becomes head of the defense department... and I'm gonna stop now because I don't think I should go any farther. This isn't to bash any republicans on this site but its hard to see how this supreme court decision is going to promote free and fair elections.

 

[dashiz94]

Woah, woah, woah, didn't our government pass the Blaine-Allison (I believe that's what its called) to specifically AVOID this? Especially after the escapade with Big Boss Tweed in the mid 1800s?

 

[crepesack]

Woah, woah, woah, didn't our government pass the Blaine-Allison (I believe that's what its called) to specifically AVOID this? Especially after the escapade with Big Boss Tweed in the mid 1800s?

completely overturned. This new precedent overrides the laws of at least 22 states and several court cases.

 

[CK76]

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0121/Supreme-Court-Campaign-finance-limits-violate-free-speech

Just recently the supreme court has ruled, that under the first ammendment corporations can spend any amount of money towards any candidate they favor. In other words, they can buy out votes in congress and the senate. But it gets worse, foreign agencies can now back particular candidates they like.

In my opinion this is the most disconcerting court decision i've ever heard.

The vote was 5-4 with the concurring decision made by the 5 conservative judges.

If I understand this right, it is advertising they can spend on, not contributions directly to a campaign. So McCain-Feingold will still apply. Be interesting to see how this shifts things and if people backlash against companies that openly support a candidate.

 

[The Unskilled78]

In other words, they can buy out votes in congress and the senate.

Because no American politican is ever in somebody~s pocket.

Personally, I think Roe v. Wade [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade] to be the most morally dubious supreme court decision, but I'm a conservative, what do I know?

 

[dmase]

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0121/Supreme-Court-Campaign-finance-limits-violate-free-speech

Just recently the supreme court has ruled, that under the first ammendment corporations can spend any amount of money towards any candidate they favor. In other words, they can buy out votes in congress and the senate. But it gets worse, foreign agencies can now back particular candidates they like.

In my opinion this is the most disconcerting court decision i've ever heard.

The vote was 5-4 with the concurring decision made by the 5 conservative judges.

If I understand this right, it is advertising they can spend on, not contributions directly to a campaign. So McCain-Feingold will still apply. Be interesting to see how this shifts things and if people backlash against companies that openly support a candidate.

The amount of money saved by parties would be incredible if they didn't have to spend any or less on advertising.

McCain posing next to an ice cold coors light, coors light brewing company of America approves this message.

 

[dashiz94]

Woah, woah, woah, didn't our government pass the Blaine-Allison (I believe that's what its called) to specifically AVOID this? Especially after the escapade with Big Boss Tweed in the mid 1800s?

completely overturned. This new precedent overrides the laws of at least 22 states and several court cases.

Just, fuck our government.