I cannot understand how the folks who criticize the 'liberals' and the 'leftists', etc, can be so pleased with the Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. I'll assume it not just because the decision vindicates the producers of the Hillary (evil) movie.
Yes, the majority had a logical or even obvious constitutional basis for their decision, but that decision flies in the face of reality. Have you seriously thought about why those silly 'liberal' judges so strenuously opposed the majority? Are they just plain stupid for not making it a 9-0 slam-dunk? The judges were convinced the majority decision would shift unprecedented power to special interests and knew that the Court had the unique opportunity to check this expanded threat to the electoral process.
How does it matter if special interests are corporations (good), or unions (evil)? If you rail against the 'evil' special interests when the spirit moves you, do you also recognize the institutions you favor might be as bad or worse?
If we try to live strictly by literal interpretations, logic says we cannot arm and send out any citizen if we accept the commandment "thou shalt not kill."
And it's the same logic to actively support the possession of an automatic weapon by anyone, in the name of celebrating and reinforcing the second amendment.
It's the same logic to suggest that all banking and other financial regulations are unnecessary, unconstitutional, and even socialistic (really evil!).
It's the same logic as suggesting that, exercising our individual rights, we should be able to refuse any tax we don't like, regardless of whether we won, inherited, stole, found, or earned our personal wealth, in the country that made it all possible.
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