"Corporations are spending millions and millions of dollars meddling in judicial elections"

Further information about topics addressed are available on my main channel http://www.youtube.com/user/sundrumify and video responses. Mirrored: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigPictureRT. "With Occupy Wall Street in full swing - it's time to begin a new occupation...of our nation's court system. Today we learned that corporations are spending millions and millions of dollars meddling in judicial elections around the nation. In fact - a new report by the Brennan Center for Justice, the NYU School of Law, and other independent judicial watchdogs - finds that just three corporate lobbyist groups - the Ohio Chamber of Commerce - the Business Council of Alabama - and the Illinois Civil Justice League - have outspent the ENTIRE labor movement in judicial elections around the nation. Those groups alone spent over $3 million last year making sure that corporate-friendly justices find their way onto benches everywhere. There's long been a debate over what kind of judge is best - one elected by the people as most state judges are - or one appointed by the President as most federal judges are. But the truth is - now that corporations are allowed to spend unlimited amounts in our elections - both types of judges have been corrupted - transformed from professional jurists into corporate shills."

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