Corporate spending in campaigns

**guartz** · 2010-01-21 23:36

Reporting from Washington - Overturning a century-old restriction, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that corporations may spend as much as they want to sway voters in federal elections.

In a landmark 5-4 decision, the court's conservative bloc said that corporations have the same right to free speech as individuals and, for that reason, the government may not stop corporations from spending to help their favored candidates.

The ruling -- which will presumably apply as well to labor unions and other organizations -- is likely to have an impact on this year's congressional elections. Many political analysts and election-law experts predict that millions of extra dollars will flood into this fall's contests, much of it benefiting Republican candidates.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-a...0,850920.story

holy shit BG.

I'm not even worried about all the other implications to our already messed up working as intended political structure. That line that I highlighted, thats why we can't have nice things.