Friday January 29, 2010
The Bush-Packed Supreme Court Thinks Corporations Are People Too
Scott Klinger
AlterNet
Corporations now have all the privileges of citizenship, without any of the responsibilities.
This week's Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case removes all limits on large corporations to finance and influence federal elections. In its ruling the court reverses a decades-old ruling barring companies from using their general funds to fund political campaigns, and guts pieces of the popular McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation.
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