From Texas Trifles
Today, the Supreme Court overturned a 63 year-old law that restricted what corporations and labor organizations may spend to sway the vote in federal elections.
Under the argument that freedom of speech was being violated, five Supreme Court judges have now effectively placed powerful and wealthy corporations and labor organizations in a position to usurp the voice of the common voter.
When did a non-human thing like a corporation or a labor union get granted an individual right - Freedom of Speech? Do you think the founding fathers had Wal-Mart in mind or Haliburton when they crafted the Bills of Rights?
"The bottom line is, the Supreme Court has just predetermined the winners of next November's election. It won't be the Republican or the Democrats and it won't be the American people; it will be corporate America," Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said.
Keith Olbermann puts it quite chillingly:
Representative Alan Grayson (D.-Fla.) has started an online petition.
You can enter your name here.
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