Roberts Court races to unleash corporate influence on elections

Today's NYT editorial on new SCOTUS case sounds like a death knell for our Republic.

The Supreme Court may be about to radically change politics by striking down the longstanding rule that says corporations cannot spend directly on federal elections. If the floodgates open, money from big business could overwhelm the electoral process, as well as the making of laws on issues like tax policy and bank regulation.

The court, which is scheduled to hear arguments on this issue on Wednesday, is rushing to decide a monumental question at breakneck speed and seems willing to throw established precedents and judicial modesty out the window.

We're talking about overturning "decades of federal and state law" here and there's no particular reason they need to do this now. One suspects the reason for the rush is the possibility of Obama getting a chance to appoint yet another Justice in the near future.

Unleashing the direct flow of corporate cash into the election process will of course cement the Corporatocracy's hold on our government at a time when what we really need is to abolish personhood for corporations instead. The sad thing is this is probably the greatest long term threat to our future, but it won't get any attention because everyone is focused on health care and the crazy people making wild accusations about the President.

On a related note the Corporatocracy's larger agenda and how they're using the policy battles to further it, is exposed by Adele Stan at Alternet. These people are pure evil.

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