US supreme court rules that corporations can buy candidates.

[The_vagabond7]

Kasz216 said:

Khuutra said:
My brother is going to be so pissed you guys, I am not even kidding

As it is, I'm kind of at a loss for words. What do you say to somehting like that? Why do people like the idea of it? Some must!

I can't see liking the idea.

I can see the justification for lifting the ban though, sicne the Supreme court isn't really supposed to be about decisions people like.

Sounds like they need to rush some legislation through congress to fix this in a way that will handle the problem constitutionally.

 

There reasoning was... valid, for why they did it.  However, it's shocking they actually did do it.

It's a horrible idea, but it's the supreme court actually doing it's job at the same time...

So Congress better get its buts in gear.  Though even then it might take an ammendment making this... ill timed to say the least.

Corporate personhood is one of the stupidest things ever "interpreted" into the constitution. It only exists because the president of a railway company switched jobs to become a court reporter and inserted his own opinion into the headnotes of a courtcase where a railroad company was complaining about the taxes it had to pay as a corporation. This was back in 188....6 I think. It was a ruse to begin with. It was a terrible terrible act of subversion of the courts by business interests that has forever changed how businesses are allowed to operate in the US.  And now the Supreme court is ruling that they shouldn't be infringing on the freedom of speech of these corporate "persons". It's a ridiculous and idiotic situation, and no legislation will be passed against it because the only people that have the power to do so are in the pockets of the people this ruling benefits. America is owned by business and this ruling is just making it easier and more obvious that business controls our government. And  nobody will care. This will make a news cycle and then disappear because we are all fat and happy and easily distracted.

 

The supreme court should know the full history behind corporate personhood, they can't possibly be ignorant of it, and why they continue to give it credence is beyond my comprehension. A precedent was set by nefarious means well over a century ago, and has been used advantageously ever since, building more and more precedents on the foundation of a scam. They are doing their job, but they are doing a piss poor job.