The Supreme Court just struck a major blow against our democracy.The vast majority of the the American people are already the equivalent of easily led cattle in a corral. The impending dump of billions of dollars into specifically targeted campaign-style ads will inevitably lead to more corrupt, corporatist lapdogs in Congress. This doesn't bode well for us...In a ruling that has major implications for how elections are funded, the Supreme Court has struck down a key campaign-finance restriction that bars corporations and unions from pouring money into political ads.
The long-awaited 5-4 ruling, in the Citizens United v. FEC case, presents advocates of regulation with a major challenge in limiting the flow of corporate money into campaigns, and potentially opens the door for unrestricted amounts of corporate money to flow into American politics.
