Corporations are not People

Today our "non-partisan" Supreme Court decided that the McCain-Feigold law that prevents corporations from directly donating money to political candidates. The Court through away 100 years of judicial precedents as well as ignoring its own procedural rules that go back to the times of the founders to put more power into the hands of the big corporations that control our government.

1. Corporations are not people. The are legal entities that have grown out of control and will continue to grow out of control until we demand that they are controlled. People, not legal entities have freedom of speech.

2. Scalia: practice what you preach... our founding fathers (except for maybe Hamilton) were firmly against a government controlled by business interests. You are so quick to point to founding father's intent when looking at individual liberties... why do you ignore founders intent when looking at the role that corporate America plays in politics.

3. Honestly... I'm not even sure why I'm so upset about this. All that this law really changes is procedural rules that corporations do not have to funnel money through PACs now. Still it is a slap in the face.

4. Dirty politics are about to get even dirtier.

5. This is the official end of any hope that a truly progressive branch of the democratic party could emerge. Not that I had much hope before today.