Change Congress sent me a great reminder today that the Supreme Court is due to rule shortly on a very important campaign finance law. As things tend to go with the Supreme Court, the particulars of the case are no where near as interesting/troubling as the ramifications. Here are the important parts from CC:
Simply put, an unfavorable decision — which may come as soon as tomorrow — could overturn generations of election law, allowing corporations to spend unlimited sums of money supporting the candidates and causes that are best not for the American people but for their bottom lines.
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It’s hard to believe that anyone could look at today’s political landscape and determine that corporations need more, not less, influence over Washington. But that’s exactly what the Court may do tomorrow…This isn’t just a pivotal moment, but an opportune one as well. The decision will be covered on the front pages of every newspaper in the country — and millions of people will be wondering what they can do to bring sanity back into our political system.
We may not have another chance like this to rally people around the cause of changing our government — and we need to make sure we have the ability to organize and motivate them all at this moment of extraordinary passion.
The control of politics by moneyed special interests is not a shocker for most Americans. However, the brazenness at work here in pushing for more of the already staggering influence they currently have is shocking. Those defending this case as “corporate free speech” strike me as sharing with Wall Street bankers who claim they are doing “God’s work” a certain tone deafness.
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