Throughout my blog updates (which admittedly came over the span of months quite often) I've tried to stay away from political discussion. It can make blood boil fast. I often find myself dancing around this line when discussing politics with conservative friends. It is instructive, though. I like to think my opinions are better formed when I run them up against an opposing view and can see where my holes and strong points are.
In any case, what I'm trying to get to is the case that was decided this past week by the Supreme Court. For how many years we've listened to the political right bastardize the liberal opinions of the Court as overreaching and activist. Now, with an opinion from the right that nullifies laws extending back a century and contradicts three opinions of the Court in the last twenty years, we hear none of this banter. The majority view of the court reached on Thursday not only extends an unwarranted liberty to a state-created structure, it also upends the voice of individuals. Money is power, and money can be a voice, but corporations and unions are not individuals. I understand that there were issues with the old rules: corporations with a media company attached, ie. General Electric (not anymore), or News Corp, were given greater freedom in expressing their views close to an election than those lacking such groups. However, to declare this entire section of law unconstitutional is disturbing. We can only hope that Congress, can come together to rewrite legislation controlling these special interests before the bidding war begins.
