Supreme Court's New Season: Looking Ahead

Wall Street Journal:

Questions before the Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday, include corporate political spending, dog-fighting videos, a cross in the desert -- and whether a more unified conservative bloc emerges.

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[madisonhack]

"In June, the conservatives seemed to suggest a new readiness to review case law with which they may disagree. They ordered a special Sept. 9 reargument in a relatively narrow campaign-finance case to address something broader than initially presented: whether to overrule precedents upholding state and federal limits on corporate political spending. A decision in the case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, is pending."

Such an innocuous sounding paragraph, isn't it? What is riding on this case is the "right" of corporate interests to effectively buy elections. Our democracy is truly being threatened with a fascist takeover and all we hear in the MSM are crickets.