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Democrats cry injustice
By: Manu Raju
January 29, 2010 04:40 AM EST

Senate Democrats are furious with Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito — and Alito’s silent State of the Union rebuke of the president is the least of their concerns.

Democrats say Alito crossed the line when he mouthed the words “not true” during President Barack Obama’s speech Wednesday night. But worse, they say, both Roberts and Alito misled them during their confirmation hearings when they represented themselves as jurists who would respect precedent.

“You bet they misled,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the assistant majority leader and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

At issue is the ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the campaign finance decision Obama was discussing Wednesday night when Alito mouthed his objections.

In last week’s 5-4 decision, a majority of the justices — including Roberts and Alito — ruled that the government cannot restrict corporations and labor unions from spending general funds on advertising to support or oppose specific candidates in federal elections. Some analysts predict that the decision will open the door to a flood of campaign advertising by corporations and unions leading up to Election Day — and that Republicans will be the primary beneficiaries.

The decision overruled a 1990 case that upheld restrictions on corporate spending as well as a 2003 ruling upholding a portion of the campaign finance law written by Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) that dealt with regulations on labor union and corporate financing. ................>>>>>.............>>>>>.................http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32200.html

The law was in place when all those suspicious campaign contributions came into Obamas' coffers from overseas and not one Dem complained then.

Obamama had a lot of ballz bashing the SCOTUS like that in public.

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Keep businesses and unions out of politics

The Supreme Court decision to allow corporations and unions to make political contributions [Jan. 22 Gazette] violates individual rights.
This allows corporate CEOs and union leaders to make decisions for others without their consent or permission. This decision distorts the principles of democracy.
Corporate stockholders and union members have the right to make their own political decisions.

E. P. WHITNEY
Niskayuna

http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00706&AppName=1

As long as we allow the people with the most money to win an election nothing will change.

both parties eat at the same trough and continue to pass laws to ensure that.....the trimming of our government and it's appetites comes from us first.....cut off the food supply to the government