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**engacenus** · 01-23-2010, 05:05 AM

Maybe change the title of the thread to Supreme Court Defends Free Speech (Doesn't Rule on Corporate Personhood)

See:
What the Supreme Court got right
BY GLENN GREENWALD

A purely pragmatic view is reflected in this comment by geoih:
Maybe you could explain how McCain-Feingold was doing anything except entrenching the encumbant power already making the government bigger.

The problem isn't money buying power, it's money buying government power. Money will always buy power, but government power is absolute. The only real solution is to take the power away from government. McCain-Feingold does exactly the opposite.

This decision takes power away from government, and that is a good thing. "Congress shall make no law" is pretty straightforward after all... at least for some of the Supremes.

*shudder*

01-23-2010, 05:05 AM	#3
engacenus Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 494 Senior Member	Maybe change the title of the thread to Supreme Court Defends Free Speech (Doesn't Rule on Corporate Personhood) See: What the Supreme Court got right BY GLENN GREENWALD A purely pragmatic view is reflected in this comment by geoih: Maybe you could explain how McCain-Feingold was doing anything except entrenching the encumbant power already making the government bigger. The problem isn't money buying power, it's money buying government power. Money will always buy power, but government power is absolute. The only real solution is to take the power away from government. McCain-Feingold does exactly the opposite. This decision takes power away from government, and that is a good thing. "Congress shall make no law" is pretty straightforward after all... at least for some of the Supremes. shudder
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