Supreme Court Likes Citizens United Less When They're Actual Citizens

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Occupy the Courts: Dozen Arrested on Supreme Court Grounds

By Dan Rivoli: Subscribe to Dan's RSS feed
January 20, 2012 4:14 PM EST


Demonstrators on Friday were arrested on the U.S. Supreme Court steps during an "Occupy the Courts" rally to protest its 2010 Citizens United decision.

A Supreme Court representative said court police arrested 12 demonstrators on the court grounds as of 3:30 p.m., including one protester arrested inside the building.

"We #occupythecourts because decisions like Citizens United allows unlimited spending by corps. to drown out the voice of the people," @OccupyKSt posted to Twitter.

The protest was part of a nationwide effort to occupy federal court houses across the country in protest of the Citizens United ruling that opened the door for corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money in elections on free speech grounds. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285321/20120120/occupy-courts-supreme-citizens-united.htm

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Of course they were...

show me anyone successfully "petitioning" any court.

People who have actually been involved in dealing with court decisions have known forever that courts will never listen to a howling mob of "citizens" no matter how just their cause.

They listen to lawyers in the courtroom, and not just any lawyer can walk in and make a case-- any more than a friend of the court brief and you just piss them off.

Courts are separate from the usual flows of democracy-- they deal with legal argument, like it or not.

(All bets are off, however, for elected judges)