U.S. Supreme Court Failed Democracy

[[SCUM] McPhil]

Part 1

Part 2 Russ Feingold is my Senator. Good man.

[[SCUM] Leroy]

Looks like there are a lot of good arguments against this ruling and for. One thing that strikes me is the slightly strange notion that a corporation is legally seen as a citizen/person. The people within a corporation (supposedly) already have a right to free speech so maybe this is slightly unnecessary. Though I read that removing McCain-Feingold will help shift the balance from the incumbent. On the balance large entities such as Unions will have the same ability to corrupt the political system as "big oil".

[[SCUM] McPhil]

Not to mention, now any foreign registered business can run attack and support television ads to support or deface any candidate. The only way to regulate this is to push a bill through congress that would exempt any foreign owned entity from contributing but that probably won't happen anytime soon.