Supreme Court Rejects Campaign Spending Limits

[ASPCA4EVER]

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.

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. The
decision almost certainly will also allow labor unions to
participate more freely in campaigns and threatens similar
limits imposed by 24 states.

The justices also struck down part of the landmark
McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that barred union- and
corporate-paid issue ads in the closing days of election
campaigns.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/21/us/AP-US-Supreme-Court-Campaign-Finance.html?emc=na

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And I was so proud of John McCain for taking that issue on and trying to do something about the overwhelming/over spending that has taken place during our Presidential election process and now 'Katy Bar the DOOR' it'll be anything goes SPEND-SPEND-SPEND...

 

[Wayne64]

Freedom of speech in the U. S. Constitution means freedom of speech & corporations have as much right to spend their money on candidates they support or oppose as anybody else. Campaign finance reform is a joke & a fraud anyway, it's all about stopping freedom of speech & McCain & Feingold were more stoned than Cheech & Chong doing this bill. The Supreme court is correct in their decision, anyone can participate in elections & the Constitution is saved.

 

[ASPCA4EVER]

Freedom of speech in the U. S. Constitution means freedom of speech & corporations have as much right to spend their money on candidates they support or oppose as anybody else. Campaign finance reform is a joke & a fraud anyway, it's all about stopping freedom of speech & McCain & Feingold were more stoned than Cheech & Chong doing this bill. The Supreme court is correct in their decision, anyone can participate in elections & the Constitution is saved.

WELL, ALL - RIGHTY - THEN ...so how do you feel about the lobbyists...are they a useful tool since they are exerting their constitutional rights of free speech and a pay check as the kicker?

Seems to me we're right back to the era of 'LAND OWNERS' dictating the elections out come if only Land Owners Were Allowed the RIGHT TO VOTE!

 

[always]

WELL, ALL - RIGHTY - THEN ...so how do you feel about the lobbyists...are they a useful tool since they are exerting their constitutional rights of free speech and a pay check as the kicker?

Seems to me we're right back to the era of 'LAND OWNERS' dictating the elections out come if only Land Owners Were Allowed the RIGHT TO VOTE!

YOU know you are very close to being RIGHT!!
America would be better off if ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS and PAYERS of FEDERAL TAXES were ALLOWED to VOTE!!
Would CERTAINLY STOP the masses of 'GIMMIES" raiding our TREASURY EVERYDAY!!! IF YOU DO NOT PAY!!!, YOU CANNOT PLAY!!

 

[Little-Acorn]

Another brick in the wall of liberal government control of speech, has been eliminated. Or most of it, anyway.

One of the longest-lasting legacies of any President, is the judicial appointments he has made. Under George W. Bush, the balance of the court has swung somewhat, with the two appointments he made to the Supremes voting to restore freedom of speech, against the efforts of Obama's only appointee and her cohorts to keep restricting it.

Yes, this also means that unions can pay for more ads than they used to. We'll never have a perfect society until we have perfect people (which would mean, no more unions among other things). But the more freedom we have, the more society will tend to the good side overall... even with bumps in the road like unions trying to vote themselves more money and power thru campaign ads. C'est la vie.

But this is an overall step toward restoring the freedom so many leftists tried to deny. Recall that the latest attempt at so-called Campaign Finance "Reforrm" (aka McCain-Feingold law) came as a result of Democrats massively violating the laws that existed at the time, soliciting and receiving money from foreign sources, using supposedly "soft" money for ads directly boosting their candidate (Bill Clinton), and doing it so much that even Republicans started doing it in the last few weeks of the 1996 campaign. Congress's response to this massive lawbreaking, was to make more laws rather than massively punishing the people who broke the laws already on the books... which would have been humorous if it weren't so sad.

Now some of those misplaced laws have been rolled back.

Thank you, George W. Bush. You did some things wrong (including signing Campaign Finance Reform in the first place) and some things right. Your judicial appointments, especially to the Supreme Court, were one of the things you did right. And this striking down of unconstitutional laws restricting freedom of political speech, is a direct result.

 

[Little-Acorn]

BTW, where are all the leftists who used to lambast the rest of us with, "The Constitution is whatever the Supreme Court says it is!"?

I haven't heard much from them since, oh, the DC v. Heller case (affirming that the 2nd amendment protects an individual's right to own and carry a gun) a few years back. And now they seem to be REALLY quiet.

Did you folks oversleep?

 

[pocketfullofshells]

Freedom to take any sense of power away from PEOPLE...because Companies will have more and more say, and us the people less and less.

 

[always]

Freedom of speech in the U. S. Constitution means freedom of speech & corporations have as much right to spend their money on candidates they support or oppose as anybody else. Campaign finance reform is a joke & a fraud anyway, it's all about stopping freedom of speech & McCain & Feingold were more stoned than Cheech & Chong doing this bill. The Supreme court is correct in their decision, anyone can participate in elections & the Constitution is saved.

Will the S.C. decision unchaining FREE SPEECH have any effect on those forums who have biased "moderators" who constantly try and restrict post that go against that "moderators" politics?
WE ALL must obey the rules banning Obscene language BUT labeling "thoughts" as obscene just because YOUR bias is disturbed is UNCONSTITUTIONAL as well as TASTELESS! WHAT SAY YOU??

 

[always]

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.

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. The
decision almost certainly will also allow labor unions to
participate more freely in campaigns and threatens similar
limits imposed by 24 states.

The justices also struck down part of the landmark
McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill that barred union- and
corporate-paid issue ads in the closing days of election
campaigns.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/21/us/AP-US-Supreme-Court-Campaign-Finance.html?emc=na

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And I was so proud of John McCain for taking that issue on and trying to do something about the overwhelming/over spending that has taken place during our Presidential election process and now 'Katy Bar the DOOR' it'll be anything goes SPEND-SPEND-SPEND...

JOHN McCAIN is a mixed up political figure!! I say he belongs more in the Obama Camp then on the RIGHT side! Certainly , John was a war hero but after that we can stop saluting!! HE IS NO CONSERVATIVE!! NEVER WAS, NEVER WILL BE!! Seems even his wife and daughter cannot agree with him!
Have Another Beer!!

 

[always]

Freedom to take any sense of power away from PEOPLE...because Companies will have more and more say, and us the people less and less.

It has been proven AGAIN , in this past year, that radical marxist democrats do not deserve the power of a vote!! They abuse it so harshly both in public actions and in elected office. From all the CORRUPTION ushered in with Obama I can never vote for a democrat again! they are without CLASS!

 

[pocketfullofshells]

It has been proven AGAIN , in this past year, that radical marxist democrats do not deserve the power of a vote!! They abuse it so harshly both in public actions and in elected office. From all the CORRUPTION ushered in with Obama I can never vote for a democrat again! they are without CLASS!

I don't read your posts

 

[Pandora]

I am glad this happened, I like free speech

 

[pocketfullofshells]

I am glad this happened, I like free speech

well enjoy it, you can yell your view...the big buisness or Union your against, will spend 10 million bucks to give theres...who will win you or them?

Companies, Americans super voters

 

[dogtowner]

YOU know you are very close to being RIGHT!!
America would be better off if ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS and PAYERS of FEDERAL TAXES were ALLOWED to VOTE!!
Would CERTAINLY STOP the masses of 'GIMMIES" raiding our TREASURY EVERYDAY!!! IF YOU DO NOT PAY!!!, YOU CANNOT PLAY!!

Throw in military/vets and I'm with you.
Oh, and lets start inking thumbs when you've voted. One vote is enough.

 

[dogtowner]

Wish they had tossed all of McCain-Feingold, stupid pointless legislation.