Traitors in the Supreme Court Erased Our Most Precious Security

[Joanne98]

For OpEdNews: Rob Kall - Writer

It has become clear that the Citizens United Supreme Court decision went beyond free speech. It was a betrayal of American security that opened the gates to an assault on American Demcracy.


It would have been easy and simple for the Supreme court to include in their decision that allowed unlimited funding of advertising by companies and organizations to forbid funds from foreign nations, individuals or entities. The SCOTUS could have blocked contributions by organizations that accepted funding. I'm no lawyer, but it could have been done.


They chose not to. They left the floodgates wide open to make it easy for wealthy sheiks, foreign corporations, even terrorists and terrorist groups to fund advertisements supporting or opposing candidates.


That decision, by five right wing extremist SCOTUS judges, it is now clear, will change the face of American politics as foreign money and the filthy lucre of billionaires, like the Koch Brothers, has tipped the balance in election after election throughout the US. Just as conservative Justices accomplished a coup by interfering with the 2000 presidential elections. Again, these traitors are again turning American justice and Democracy upside down, threatening to perhaps permanently put the USA on a downward trajectory towards third world status and oligarchic rule.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Traitors-in-the-Supreme-Co-by-Rob-Kall-101017-189.html

[dkf]

1. What is even more depressing is how we are glued to our TV screens soaking up all this crap.

I say...DVRs for everyone!

[RandomThoughts]

2. Have to make the spending of money seen for what it is.

The spending of money, that is earned by methods society many times does not agree with, nor can those with money defend, can not defend elections.

Mining bees... and many can defend their contributions done with a life time of not having money.



Band of Brothers.

All along the Watchtower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWBO0JoViA4

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Joanne.

[RKP5637]

4. All part of the calculated plan, all part of the plan to fully and permanently

enable the oligarchy. Of course the feet on the street teabaggers and the republican drones have no idea what is occurring.

[felix_numinous]

5. Oaths to uphold the Constitution don't mean what they used to. nt

[CanonRay]

6. I believe that the term "traitors" is quite appropriate

for the five that voted for this mess.

[RKP5637]

7. Frankly, eventually, one has to seriously question to whom they are loyal! n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

8. Their loyalty is not to the United States, but to money.

In another generation we're going to look like a South American dictatorship.

[DFW]

9. Here in Germany, spending by private companies in election campaigns is called "Skandal"

In America, thanks to Scalia/Roberts/Thomas/Alito/Kennedy, it is called the law of the land.

Also known as "Rove's Law."