Special Report: Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate Campaign Spending
7 Items including:
- A Supreme Act Of Judical Treason Against The People Of The United States, And What We Can And Must Do About It
- The People's Business: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy
David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
Matt Wuerker
Supreme Court's 'Radical and Destructive' Decision Hands Over Democracy to the Corporations, Liliana Segura, AlterNet
- One expert calls the Citizens United decision 'the most radical and destructive campaign finance decision in the history of the Supreme Court.'
- Why corporate personhood matters and what it means
In Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling, Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate Campaign Spending, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
- In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court rules corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money to elect and defeat candidates. One lawmaker describes it as the worst Supreme Court decision since the Dred Scott case justifying slavery. We speak with constitutional law professor, Jamin Raskin.
- U.S. Government For Sale
- Molly Ivins: Time to go long (campaign finance reform)
A Supreme Act Of Judical Treason Against The People Of The United States, And What We Can And Must Do About It, The Pen
- Because of the gravity of the crime against the Constitution committed by a gang of 5 right wing judicial outlaws on our Supreme Court yesterday (Jan 22), we are launching two critical action pages at once:
- Action Page: Corporations Are NOT The People
- Action Page: Impeach The Supreme Court 5
The People's Business: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy ~ Charlie Cray, Described in Powell's Books
A lively and engaging mandate to fight back against corporate dominance, this book examines the very nature of corporate power, presenting a range of strategies to curtail it, and explaining how ordinary people can restore citizen control.
Introduction by Ralph Nader.
Welcome to the (New) Gilded Age: Supreme Court Delivers the Goods to Corporations, Peter Laarman, Religion Dispatches
The Supreme Court struck down a century of regulations limiting corporate money in politics, clearing the way for a new Gilded Age. In the original Gilded Age (which inspired the Social Gospel movement), opposition was galvanized by a strong anti-corporate Christianity. Where's the religious opposition now?
If Corporations Are People They Need To Start Acting Like It, Roger Fallihee, Salon.com
Depending on how this Supreme Court ruling is interpreted, maybe deadbeat dads and deadbeat corporations will face the same fate... removal from society until they learn how to become better citizens.
Leveling the Political and Economic Playing Field, Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t
Corporations are creations of the government. The economic privileges granted to corporations are set by governments, not by the Constitution and certainly not by nature.
