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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald Unethically Taped Witnesses While Working for Matt Hale, White Supremacist. [View all]MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)but get your facts straight.
http://www.salon.com/2010/01/22/citizens_united/
What the Supreme Court got right
"The Supreme Court yesterday, in a 5-4 decision, declared unconstitutional (on First Amendment grounds) campaign finance regulations which restrict the ability of corporations and unions to use funds from their general treasury for electioneering purposes. The case, Citizens United v. FEC, presents some very difficult free speech questions, and Im deeply ambivalent about the courts ruling. There are several dubious aspects of the majoritys opinion (principally its decision to invalidate the entire campaign finance scheme rather than exercising judicial restraint through a narrower holding). Beyond that, I believe that corporate influence over our political process is easily one of the top sicknesses afflicting our political culture. But there are also very real First Amendment interests implicated by laws which bar entities from spending money to express political viewpoints."