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> the Citizens United ruling … basically legalized the corporate takeover of government and buyout of elected government officials in the name of free speech.
by eadmund 2y ago
> the Citizens United ruling … basically legalized the corporate takeover of government and buyout of elected government officials in the name of free speech.
No, it didn’t: it said that the First Amendment protects the right of American citizens to air movies and advertisements critical of political candidates. The First Amendment literally says, ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press’: a law which abridges the freedom of speech and of the press is thus blatantly unconstitutional.
- slater 2y agoRight, and when people rightfully criticize the Cit United ruling, they are specifically and emphatically speaking only about "movies and advertisements critical of political candidates", no other reasons. /s
- watwut 2y agoYes it did and then it slapped barely believable excuse on it. Like common, this had zero to do with freedom of speech or freedom. It was about power and that is it.