For example, a candidate can at least still buy political ads; what if a well-heeled corp just comes in & buys up all the available time for their guy?
8. You take the state of Ohio if the Exxon wants Senator
Sherrod Brown out it would be nothing for them to speed a few million to get it done. You are going to see them put billions into unseating every Democrat, what do we have a few dollars from a Union.
14. This might actually be a good thing in the long run,
if it results in some real campaign finance reform. It has certainly drawn a lot of attention to the issue.
Also, as a result of this ruling, the 'conservative' judicial philosophy is finally revealed for all the world to be the sham that we always knew it to be.
One can hardly imagine a more extreme example of 'judicial activism' than what this court has done today.
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