Supreme Court's blow to citizen democracy (The Day editorial)

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... In turning our government over to the highest bidder, the conservative majority has assured the primacy of global corporations that are driven by only one motivation - profit.

The length to which the conservative justices went to provide money-rich corporations the means to overwhelm the political discussion was stunning ...

The court could and should have issued a narrow ruling, clarifying that the pseudo-documentary was not the sort of speech the law was meant to address, which is clear from the legislative history. Instead, it chose to eviscerate laws limiting special-interest influence in elections.

The conservative justices, who have railed against judicial activism in prior writings and decisions, were guilty of exactly that. Legislating from the bench, they replaced the will of Congress with their own opinions on how elections should be run ...

http://www.theday.com/article/20100123/OP01/301239949

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