Analysis: Two precedents in jeopardy
(Blog Post) If supporters of federal curbs on political campaign spending by corporations were counting on Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to hesitate to strike down such restrictions, they could take no comfort from the Supreme Court’s 93-minute hearing Wednesday on that historic question. Despite the best efforts of four other Justices to argue for ruling only very narrowly, the strongest impression was that they had not ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Memeorandum
This is one of the most important issues of our time, and as members of the Progressive community know, this may well open the floodgates to distorted and vicious political speech that will overwhelm the electorate. The responsibility of a truly free press will become more and more important should the SCOTUS decide in favor of Citizens United, but that truly free and independent press has been withering for decades. This is a bellwether case for the direction this country is taking towards a corporatist state.