A very sad day in American, this (seemingly non-sensical) ruling opens the door for unlimited, direct corporate influence for American elections (as if they did not already have enough control over American civic life)!
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday swept away decades of legislative efforts to restrict the role of corporations in election campaigns, ruling that severe restrictions on corporate spending are inconsistent with the First Amendment's protection of political speech.
The court split 5 to 4 over the ruling, with its conservative members in the majority.
"When government seeks to use its full power, including the criminal law, to command where a person may get his or her information or what distrusted source he or she may not hear, it uses censorship to control thought," the court said in a decision written by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. "This is unlawful. The First Amendment confirms the freedom to think for ourselves."
But just think about the positive impact this will have on job creation! Corporations and unions won't want to outsource to lobbyists. They'll bring these efforts in house to maximize pocket stuffing and roi. And with the subsequent curriculum modifications in our MBA programs we may be in single digits before we hoped!
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