http://www.jemery.com/2010/01/22/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission-sf-dystopian-disasters-set-to-come-true/ Jesse's blog Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:00:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.jemery.com/2010/01/22/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission-sf-dystopian-disasters-set-to-come-true/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Followup to SCOTUS ruling, letter to congress form | jemery.com Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:31:27 +0000 http://www.jemery.com/?p=142#comment-18 [...] followup to last night’s rant on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. BarackObama.com has posted a form to send a letter to your local rep. It can’t [...] [...] followup to last night’s rant on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. BarackObama.com has posted a form to send a letter to your local rep. It can’t [...]

]]> http://www.jemery.com/2010/01/22/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission-sf-dystopian-disasters-set-to-come-true/comment-page-1/#comment-17 ejesse Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:08:49 +0000 http://www.jemery.com/?p=142#comment-17 Oh, nice catch on the irony front. Oh, nice catch on the irony front.

]]> http://www.jemery.com/2010/01/22/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission-sf-dystopian-disasters-set-to-come-true/comment-page-1/#comment-16 emilydemery Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:07:10 +0000 http://www.jemery.com/?p=142#comment-16 So following the legal precedent of the Taney court, a slave is not a person (except as 3/5 in terms of the electoral college), but a corporation is (thereby rendering the electoral college obsolete)? Great. So following the legal precedent of the Taney court, a slave is not a person (except as 3/5 in terms of the electoral college), but a corporation is (thereby rendering the electoral college obsolete)? Great.

]]> http://www.jemery.com/2010/01/22/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission-sf-dystopian-disasters-set-to-come-true/comment-page-1/#comment-15 ejesse Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.jemery.com/?p=142#comment-15 Barney Frank went on Maddow and seems optimistic that legislation can be passed curbing corporate campaign spending in other ways. I hope he's right. Barney Frank went on Maddow and seems optimistic that legislation can be passed curbing corporate campaign spending in other ways. I hope he's right.

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