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CitizensUnitedVFederalElectionCommission 15 - 06 Feb 2010 - Main.NathanStopper
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 How do you guys feel about this decision? Although I haven't read the actual decision yet, I can only imagine how the holding is going to destroy any chance this country has of holding fair elections in the future. I don't really know too much about First Amendment law, but I am outraged that the Supreme Court has forfeited our democracy to uphold such an absurd principle. If anyone ever meets a corporation, please let me know.

-- NathanStopper - 23 Jan 2010

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“The appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in our democracy.”

It is this kind of declaration that gives me the impression Kennedy is trying to rationalize a conclusion he already reached. He admits that the government can limit speech, but he concludes potential political corruption does not warrant such limitations. But instead of explaining why this qualify, he just cites a report that didn’t find any examples of “votes being changed for expenditures.” It seems to me that the best place to examine the potential for corruption and other effects of this holding would be the legislature. I remain unconvinced that the Court needed to overturn a century of legislation to protect this invented form of speech.

-- NathanStopper - 06 Feb 2010

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