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Unfortunately what many feared when Roberts was nominated.

Article is a good nuts and bolts primer on how the SCOTUS works in the 21st century

You will find that unless it is making up lies about President Obama or lies about Mittens most of the Conservative posters on this board have no thoughts at all....

Citizens United was decided correctly.

You guys really believe the government should be allowed to prohibit the showing of a movie critical of a politician?

Supporting the constitution isn't judicial activism.

There wasn't a rule that this group could never show a movie critical of a politician.

Considering Rehnquist upheld McCain-Feingold in 2003, you're wrong on that account.

The fact of this case as presented was the original argument was for a narrow ruling of the law. Roberts took it upon himself to broaden the argument and thus overturn the law. That's judicial activism at its finest.

You'd be screaming if a more liberal court did what Roberts did.

that isn't germain to the final decision.

Robert's directing the court to re-open ended up repealing the law that prohibited corporations and other interest groups from unlimited (and often unreported) donations.

Here in MI many of us are seeing pro-Romney and anti-Obama 30 second spots on TV. $4M worth all paid for by "independent" PAC's. All are coordinated purchases lining up so one one ad buy ends another with a similar message takes its place. That wouldn't have happened prior to this decision.

Folks like Art Pope in NC, Dick and Betsy DeVos in MI, Diane Hendricks in WI are donating millions to state and congressiona races for "independent" spending

Hendricks, the Koch brothers, some members of the Walton clan are making donations across the country in state races outside their home states and don't have tp be indentified under the new rules. Corporations can do the same thing.

Some of you thnk this is great now. Wait until Middle East oil money or Chinese money starts playing the game under the cover of a US corporations. It won't be great.

GRR gives a long-winded response to this simple question but refuses to answer it.

Come on GRR, you aren't shy about stating your opinion. So let's have it.

My opinion?

You don't give a shit about what I think because you love a world of 30 second sound bytes and 7 word sentences.

You care a helluva a lot more in a post count while your conne buddies build up their schtick list (and you may have a few you use too)

Still no answer.

I have found that you can learn more about leftists by things they refuse to answer than things they will.

(a 20 word sentence, btw! )

What a country we live in. Bankers steal billions of dollars, crash the economy, get more billions of taxpayer dollars and keep it for themselves, foreclose on homeowners with fraudulent documents, buy congressional reps and senators, get all the laws that were supposed to prohibit their criminal behavior repealed, then get the average citizens who protest their greed and corruption tortured and jailed for protesting in their presence. Yep, aint' free speech great?

Great point. I would rather live in your country where campaign finance regulations are completely removed and billionaires and billion-dollar corporations are able to simply buy politicians as they see fit. Your corporate masters are most pleased.

Please name one.