{"id":4934,"date":"2010-01-22T11:05:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T15:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2012-12-26T20:59:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:59:16","slug":"hey-now-hey-now-democracy-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/government_employee\/01\/22\/hey-now-hey-now-democracy-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Now, Hey Now, Democracy Is Over&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you have any doubts, Corporate America has officially been given free reign over Washington DC and American &#8216;democracy&#8217;. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/01\/21\/AR2010012101724.html\">Supreme Court decided yesterday by a 5-4 margin that<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns. <\/p>\n<p>By a 5-4 vote, the court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to pay for campaign ads&#8230; The decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, removes limits on independent expenditures that are not coordinated with candidates&#8217; campaigns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ergo: You can never restrict a corporations use of money because it is free speech. Only in America&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balloon-juice.com\/?p=33032\">Five angry men<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlargely.com\/atlargely\/2010\/01\/scotus-ruling-powell-memo-goal-fall-of-democracy.html\">SCOTUS ruling = Powell Memo goal = Fall of democracy&#8230;<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outsidethebeltway.com\/archives\/money_and_politics\/\">Money and Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/josh-glasstetter\/cha-ching-supreme-court-says-big\">Cha-Ching! Supreme Court ruling means Big Business can spend billions on elections<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/01\/21\/there-goes-america%e2%80%99s-democracy-i-never-thought-i-would-be-living-in-a-dystopian-cyberpunk-novel\/\">There goes America\u2019s democracy: I never thought I would be living in a dystopian cyberpunk novel!<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelibertypapers.org\/2010\/01\/21\/supreme-court-strikes-a-blow-for-free-speech\/\">Supreme Court Strikes A Blow For Free Speech<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samefacts.com\/2010\/01\/corruption-in-washington\/citizens-united-for-subservience-to-tyrants\/\">Citizens United for subservience to tyrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you have any doubts, Corporate America has officially been given free reign over Washington DC and American &#8216;democracy&#8217;. 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