Comments on: Explaining the Supreme Court on Campaign Finance

By: dalmatian847

dalmatian847 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:23:40 +0000

Obama’s decision triggered a flurry of statements from campaign finance watchdog groups.

Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, said he was “disappointed” in Obama’s decision. “We do not agree with Senator Obama’s rationale for opting out of the system,” he said. “Senator Obama knew the circumstances surrounding the presidential general election when he made his public pledge to use the system

Yes, he can.

By: dalmatian847

dalmatian847 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:33:31 +0000

Clearly you haven’t been paying attention to the state of the country the last year.

Liberals are absolutely fucking pathetic sorts. They have used the courts to push trough their agendas time and again yet now they are crying unfair. boo, hoo, hoo.

Actually a common trait of conservatives is to point out facts that contradict lib statements and then have said liberal lobotomized trolls resort to name-calling and race-baiting.

Truth is not your friend, is it troll?

By: dalmatian847

dalmatian847 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:21:42 +0000

You can’t impeach SC justices, genius.

However, if you want to impeach the POTUS, I’ll all ears(and so is he).

By: dalmatian847

dalmatian847 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:50:56 +0000

Goldman Sachs ,Microsoft Corp,Google Inc ,Citigroup Inc ,JPMorgan Chase & Co ,Time Warner ,Sidley Austin LLP
National Amusements Inc ,UBS AG
,Wilmerhale Llp ,Skadden, Arps et al
IBM Corp, Morgan Stanley ,General Electric Corp.

All 550 K and up contributors to Obama in 2008.

You were saying?

By: shankstab

shankstab — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:17:18 +0000

Corporations are not individuals, if they were corporate takeovers would be paramount to slavery. Corporations have no right to dictate government policy as they are not Us Citizens. Any US citizen they employ already has the right to support a candidate of his or her choosing independently of the company he or she works for. It was an asinine ruling and has just made it easier to buy politicians. Both sides of the isle allow themselves to be influenced by special interest money.

By: tigerone1970

tigerone1970 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:14:28 +0000

Before you call anyone ‘a genius’, it pays to do some reading. From Wikipedia:

On who can be impeached according to the US Constitution by Congress:

“… Constitution grants the House the power to impeach “The President, the Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States.” ”

And on who has been impeached historically…

” One Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Samuel Chase in 1804. He was acquitted by the Senate. ”

So there is even precedent.

By: shankstab

shankstab — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:37:04 +0000

Judges have no term limits, but may only remain on the bench provided they abide by certain code of conduct. It’s funny that one scenario that can get a judged removed is ruling on a case in which either the defendant or prosecutor/plaintive has personal or financial ties with his or her honor. Judges must recuse themselves from such cases, however Senators and Congressmen are permitted to vote on legislation to regulate businesses they’ve taken contributions from. Conflict of interest much?

By: tomvercetti

tomvercetti — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:47:10 +0000

What I find most disturbing about this decision (and somebody please correct me if I’m wrong) is that this freedom also applies to foreign companies operating in America. So foreign companies in enemy countries can influence policy in America?

By: Boomer1949

Boomer1949 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:17:21 +0000

@tomvercetti Not per sei, foreign countries can not out and out donate to a candidate or run ads, pro or con in America, even if they are based in America. But many of our American based companies have large shareholders from foreign countries and their interest are the same interest of the company in which they hold shares. Therefore they will, in a round about way, be able to use their influence, through that American co.

By: Boomer1949

Boomer1949 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:04:30 +0000

@tigerone1970
We should demand the impeachment of Aleto and the other 4 judges on the grounds of treason!!