NL-I didn’t know much about Alan Grayson, or this decision until a good friend of mine sent me the petition to sign. Seems the Supreme Court decided that Corporations will no longer have a limit on how much money they can contribute to a political campaign. This is opening a very scary can of worms. Of course the corporations will elect those who will do their bidding. I thought lobbyists were hired guns, this ruling allows the outright, legal purchase of congress, one member at a time. Read any good Orwell lately? You can sign the petition against this ruling through the link at the bottom.
GRAYSON CONDEMNS COURT RULING
January 21, 2010 11:51 AM
(Washington, DC) – In a 5-to-4 decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations have the "right" to spend an unlimited amount of money to influence and manipulate federal elections. The decision overturns more than a century of law and precedent. Rep. Alan Grayson (FL-8) immediately condemned the decision. "This is the worst Supreme Court decision since the Dred Scott case," Grayson said. "It leads us all down the road to serfdom."
The court decision completely ignores the likelihood that corporations will spend money to elect officials who will do their bidding, and punish those who won’t. It allows unlimited election spending by all corporations, even foreign ones. "The Supreme Court has decided to protect the rights of GE, Volkswagen, Lukoil and Aramco, at the expense of our right to good government," Grayson added.
Congressman Grayson was in the courtroom when the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision. Grayson circulated a petition yesterday, saying: "Unlimited corporate spending on campaigns means the government is up for sale, and that the law itself will be bought and sold." Within hours, more than 10,000 people had signed the petition. Rep. Grayson delivered those petitions to the Court this morning.
Rep. Grayson also has introduced five bills, the Save Our Democracy package, in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s ruling. When he introduced the bills, Grayson said, "if this goes unchallenged, then you can kiss your country goodbye."
Today, Rep. Grayson called for immediate action on his Save Our Democracy bills. "If we do nothing, then before long, there won’t be Senators from Oklahoma or Virginia, there will be Senators from Citibank and Walmart. Maybe they will wear insignias on their $500 suits, like NASCAR drivers do."
Grayson urges people to contact their Senators and Representatives, and urge support for the Save Our Democracy bills.
sign petition http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public
more info http://grayson.house.gov/2010/01/grayson-save-our-democracy.shtml
This ruling is an outrage. This is why the U.S. Supreme Court should be elected by the people rather than appointed, and its justices should have term limits rather than lifelong appointments.
Rise up, America!
All Hail the New World Order! This corporation nation has long since been bought and sold anyway.