Dollars = votes. We know this, now it's just precedent.
The rich get richer and the rest get fucked. Limited government my ass. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > I think that the SCOTUS has just sold our representative republic down > the river with this one. Its about as bad as Citizen's United. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: CNN Breaking News <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:06 AM > Subject: CNN Breaking News > To: [email protected] > > > The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down limits on the total amount a > person can donate to various political campaigns in a single election > season. However, the court left intact the limit on how much an > individual can give to any single candidate. > > "We conclude that the aggregate limits on contributions do not further > the only governmental interest this court accepted as legitimate," > said Chief Justice John Roberts, referring to a 1976 ruling. "They > instead intrude without justification on a citizen's ability to > express the most fundamental First Amendment activities." > > The divided 5-4 ruling could have an immediate impact on November's > congressional midterm elections, and add another layer of high-stakes > spending in the crowded political arena. > > Get complete coverage of breaking news on CNN TV, CNN.com and CNN Mobile. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > CNN is now LIVE anywhere you want it. > You can watch live CNN TV at http://CNN.com/CNNtv > or on the CNN Apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. > Contact your cable, satellite or telco provider for availability. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > You have opted-in to receive this e-mail from CNN.com. To unsubscribe > from Breaking News e-mail alerts, go to: > http://cgi.cnn.com/m/clik?l=textbreakingnews > > One CNN Center Atlanta, GA 30303 > (c) & (r) 2014 Cable News Network > > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
