Noticing more ads when watching your favorite tv shows? (Jeopardy) It might have something to do with the record amounts of money being spent. It's a really interesting article, and it briefly describes the tea party as a faction.
The site where they gather some of their data from is http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183 It's a non-profit that has been around since 1971 and are the self-described "Defenders of Democracy"
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Interesting article. How does everyone feel about the Supreme Court's decision on corporate contributions? Is this democratic? Why or why not?
How will Congress react to this decision in the future? Was the Supreme Court's decision a conservative decision if it overturned a century of precedent? If not, was it the liberal members of the court that made the decision?
On its face the Citizens United case really blew me away, like...Wait? What?! Unlimited money from corporations etc...
One defense of the decision I've heard from some super-conservatives (who some might argue have most to gain from this decisions implications) is that this may make it easier for a third party to emerge as a result of individual entities spending large sums of money promoting a candidate from a party thats an alternative to (D) or (R).
I'd have to make a MUCH more thorough review of the issue but does this strike anyone as even plausibly defensible?
Obviously the conservative members of the Roberty court were the ones behind this split decisions outcome. Usually conservatives are the ones attacking "activist judges", so it begins to look to me like grandstanding and hypocracy are not unique to branch or party affiliation.
Is this democratic why or why not? my thinking is that you'd spark an interesting and heated debate between some constitutional scholars and hear some pretty good arguments for both side, I just dont know what they are in terms of favorable opinions of the decision.
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