Wry Catcher
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- Aug 3, 2009
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Something must be done to end the corruption and rigging of elections that enable Senators to rig/bribe/corrupt their way into serving 40 years in the senate.
How about Citizens United v. FEC and CU v. McCutcheon go the way of Drew Scott and Plessy? And that real reform, not the fake shit the R's proposed on health care and soon on tax reform, making every dime donated to a campaign be accounted for by name of the person who donated. No money should be given to anything put before the voters without full transparency of who paid for it. No longer can money be given to a ballot measure or a candidate from "The American people who love apple pie, baseball and God"
Is it your wish to ban political speech by media corporations? The court found that differential treatment of media corporations and other corporations cannot be squared with the First Amendment.
The First Amendment prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for engaging in political speech including corporations. Also, first Amendment protections do not depend on the speakerās āfinancial ability to engage in public discussion.ā All speakers, including individuals, corporations, and the media, use money amassed from the economic marketplace to fund their speech.
The court found, that speakers (corporations) may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt and THAT'S the source of the problem right there. Elected officials having rigged their re-election for decades, seeking out corruption opportunities.
Bullshit. Using the same logic attacking Mueller and his team, the five who overruled The Congress were all conservative Republican's, and appointed by Republican Presidents. They defended their real base, corporate america at the expense of We the People.