“corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings,
no thoughts and no desires”
Justice Stevens in his dissenting viewBy Victor M Adamus
A mighty mistake in the making that will come back to haunt
the future of our children. And the 5
Justices led by Chief Justice Roberts sealed the deal.
This decision trampled on all the campaign finance laws, stunned
Democracy advocates including President Barack Obama, and effectively granted
First Amendment Rights of free speech normally reserved for people of the
United States to a piece of paper called “the Articles of Incorporation”.
Corporations are not people.
But the five high holies, operating from a Republican playbook, with
little factual evidence of Constitutional Law, gave their party what it
wanted. They legislated from the bench
which is a treasonous risk and one that law students will study for the next 50
years unless a legitimate Congress comes along to change it. How and when is anyone’s guess since the
conservatives hold the majority in Congress and will do anything to unseat the
President this November. It's a pathetic situation.
Reversing this decision would require a Constitutional
Amendment because there is nothing in the current document that supports a
piece of paper. Maybe George W Bush was
right when he said the Constitution itself is “just a piece of paper”. Coming from a sitting President who appointed
the conservatives on the court, no doubt he knew what his party and the Koch
Brothers were wishing for and it was just a few steps down the road.
Corporations, even Foreign governments, can now buy any
politician, judge, or local clerk running for office. They can control everything including the
country’s finances, legislation, wages, health care, you name it, it can soon
be corporate owned or foreign owned.
It’s all boots on the ground now. Voters throwing out the conservatives and
working with patriotic Americans to reverse this decision. USE IT OR LOSE IT.
It’s come down to that and I’m betting, unfortunately, the
big money people win.
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