Supreme Court Reverses Anti-Citizens United Ruling In Montana

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down Montana's century-old limits on corporate political spending, putting an end to the state's resistance to Citizens United and effectively expanding that controversial ruling to the state and local elections. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, decided in January 2010, struck down federal limits on campaign spending by corporations and unions as violations of the First Amendment. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing on behalf of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, reached the bold conclusion that "independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption," and therefore "[n]o sufficient governmental interest justifies limits on the political speech of nonprofit or for-profit corporations"...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down, including the conservative hypocrisy on states' rights.

*Read more here from Mike Sacks at The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06...

Do corporations own the Supreme Court? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJVy8...

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[Starteller]

The worst part is the Mass Medias are corrupt too and keep silence about this

[Starteller]

The Supreme Court is corrupt. We need a Direct Democracy to finally charge those Elites for their crimes

[s9z9s]

What does "freezing taxes for the rich entirely" mean? There were sets of across-the-board tax cuts, which you (if you're in the 53% who actually pays their fair share) are still experiencing the benefits of. And if you think 47% of the population is living on the bread line, you're nuts. Finally, the top ten percent don't have anything even close to 90% of the wealth - try 48%. See how the actual numbers fly in the face of your socialist programming?

[Shadowsafter]

Wow you really didn't know what sociology was, did you? Stop reading conservapedia bro!

(btw you get marks in sociology for criticizing preexisting theories, not for repeating things that have already been said, that's what you do for Fox news!)

When have republicans cut taxes for the rich? How about Bush jr freezing taxes for the rich entirely?

[Shadowsafter]

Lol now you're advocating taxing people who literally live on the breadline I love it!!!

Plus, if the top 10% wield almost 90% of the wealth, taxing them 71% is pretty fucked up considering that ALL taxes still only come up to a fraction of the total wealth.

Maths, ain't it a bitch?

[s9z9s]

(...) The only ones not paying their fair share are 47% who don't pay a dime in income tax. And even after the Bush tax cuts, 71% of the tax burden is on the upper ten percent of income earners.

[s9z9s]

So you kept agreeing with and regurgitating the Marxist talking points, teacher gave you an A, and now you think you're God's gift to the world? Also, when have Republicans ever cut taxes for the rich? There were across-the-board tax cuts under Reagan and W. Bush, but never any specific "tax cut for the rich." I mean, for being such an accomplished, highly-educated genius, it's hard to believe you can't get simple facts like this right. (...)

[Shadowsafter]

And another thing, sociology (that's the study of society as you probably don't know) takes it as given that there are classes, and the argument centers around why and how they develop and how the gaps between them can be bridged (or even if they should). If you tried to disprove one of the fundamental principles of all macro-level psychology by invoking the term "caste system" and personally insulting people, you'd have your stunted cock ripped off and tossed to the academic wolves.

[Shadowsafter]

People don't complain that Democrats are rich because they don't use their money to F*ck over the poor at every turn. When the republicans vote to give tax cuts to the rich, hell yeah it's relevant to point out that they themselves would benefit from those tax cuts!

[Shadowsafter]

Oh wow you've been well propagandised, it took about two sentences for you to bring up a caste system, that's a classic appeal to emotion, good robot.

Now, let me state that I'm an A-level (and A-grade) sociology student and there's no way some inbred bumpkin can prove to me that there aren't classes. While social mobility is a fact also, so are academies for rich children, trust funds and invite-only social clubs, all of which lay out a certain path for rich children to power and more wealth.