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How Google Destroyed American Democracy

• justinschuh 15y ago
  So, if McCain-Feingold was still in effect, and if Google were to hypothetically campaign against Lamar Smith, and if said hypothetical campaigning were to occur in the run-up to an election... it would be illegal? Is this absurd mix of hypotheticals honestly supposed to be a cogent defense of the Citizens United ruling? It sounds a lot more like a Colbert segment to me.
  • kls 15y ago
    Not to mention hypothetically if It where illegal for corporations to petition congress SOPA might hypothetically not be a bill. Given that it would have been illegal for Hollywood to lobby. So Google may have never felt the need to get involved in a situation that did not exist.
• marssaxman 15y ago
  It is a really convoluted argument which fails to live up to its headline.