The Court’s Blow to Democracy?

January 26, 2010  |   Posted in Uncategorized   |   0 Comments  

With a single, disastrous 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has thrust politics back to the robber-baron era of the 19th century. Disingenuously waving the flag of the First Amendment, the court’s conservative majority has paved the way for corporations to use their vast treasuries to overwhelm elections and intimidate elected officials into doing their bidding. Read the rest of this entry at The New York Times