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General Interest => Tacitus' Realm => Topic started by: Froderik on January 22, 2010, 01:37:16 PM

Title: Supreme Court Ruling
Post by: Froderik on January 22, 2010, 01:37:16 PM

Keith Olbermann:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72ZwG5vQ_04 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72ZwG5vQ_04)

Title: Re: Supreme Court Ruling
Post by: Ursus on January 22, 2010, 01:52:39 PM

Quote from: "Froderik"

Keith Olbermann:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72ZwG5vQ_04 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72ZwG5vQ_04)

part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeOwRy9_xsM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeOwRy9_xsM)

Title: Re: Supreme Court Ruling
Post by: psy on January 22, 2010, 03:07:21 PM

It's a good ruling.

Quote

Citizens United, a conservative 501(c)(4) nonprofit that has funded a dozen political documentaries over the years, produced a critical documentary about Hillary Clinton in 2008 entitled "Hillary: The Movie." By a decision of the federal government, which was enforcing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (known more broadly as McCain-Feingold), this piece of political speech was banned from television.

Let's boil it down to the essential words: Political documentary, banned, government.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/ ... index.html (http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/21/welch.free.expression.campaign/index.html)

Read that article.  Might change some of your minds.  Don't forget that this ruling was essentially about he government banning speech.  It does not matter who expresses the speech, a person or corporation.  The first amendment protects speech... period.

Title: Re: Supreme Court Ruling
Post by: Froderik on January 23, 2010, 09:05:49 AM

So...one person, one vote...  :suicide:

Title: Re: Supreme Court Ruling
Post by: psy on January 23, 2010, 01:37:07 PM

Quote from: "Froderik"

So...one person, one vote...  :suicide:

And even if a corporation could vote, which they can't, they would still only get a single vote.

Title: Re: Supreme Court Ruling
Post by: Ursus on January 23, 2010, 02:29:21 PM

Quote from: "psy"

Quote from: "Froderik"

So...one person, one vote...  :suicide:

And even if a corporation could vote, which they can't, they would still only get a single vote.

It's not the literal vote per se, it is the influence they buy. So the effective disparity is huge. It never was a level playing field; ever so more that discrepancy now.

I see this as a very regressive development. Not good.

Title: Re: Supreme Court Ruling
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2010, 02:54:44 PM

Quote from: "Ursus"

Quote from: "psy"

Quote from: "Froderik"

So...one person, one vote...  :suicide:

And even if a corporation could vote, which they can't, they would still only get a single vote.

It's not the literal vote per se, it is the influence they buy. So the effective disparity is huge. It never was a level playing field; ever so more that discrepancy now.

I see this as a very regressive development. Not good.

:shamrock:  :shamrock:
The vote is surreal..lol
It is a mechanism used and abused, just like the people who
stand in line.