Stare Decisis

Only time will tell whether the monetary floodgates will open to corporate involvement in political campaigns since businesses can now make independent expenditures in support of candidates or parties.

We have levels of inequality worse than the Gilded Age and the "trusts" are more powerful and possess a global reach that is greater than ever. And the Supreme Court drops new political powers in the laps of these corporate behemoths?

After Republicans sought repeated assurances from Justice Sotomayor that she'd follow the law, and precedent, we are about to found out of Republican appointees likewise feel bound to that commitment.