Originally Posted by RichieLion

Again and again in these political posts when a serious discussion is taking place and the "liberal" doesn't like the issue or has "nothing" of value to rebut with; the tactic is to ridicule the questioner or the issue.

As does the self-anointed conservative or alleged constitutional whoopdedoo.
Bias is okay, if you can build a case for your point of view. Resorting to labels conveys no information; continuing to parrot nonsense of others convinces no one.
Give us some salient, provable facts or we will pay no attention to diatribes, talking points and utter nonsense.
It's an imperfect world, we have in imperfect government system, but allow for open discussion and efforts to move forward. If you want to knock who got elected, just remember they did get elected. Somebody won, somebody lost.
Limbaugh, Maddow, Hannity, Savage, Olberman, et al did not get elected. They make millions but produce nothing.
What have you added to the dialogue...and the nation?

Originally Posted by RichieLion

No, activism is not in the eye of the beholder.

Judicial Activism is when the Supreme Court makes law by its decisions with a fanciful reading of supposed or alleged intent of the Constitution nx its authors...when there is nothing in the written document to support the point.

Your view of Judicial Activism is when the Supreme Court does not agree with a view of yours.

Please quote chapter and verse from the Constitution that gives corporations and unions equal standing with individuals...people...and are guaranteed unlimited ability to influences elections with unlimited contributions.

How can a strict constructionist support that decision and say it was not judicial activism?

Originally Posted by RichieLion

Fanciful is when you try to use a decision to deprive a person of his rights under the Constitution by inventing a reason to deprive someone of those rights. When a decision is made which restores these Constitutional rights, such as in the overturning of an ill conceived law in the case previously mentioned, how can that be called fanciful?

At least one constitutional scholar saw it another way. Again no where in the constitution are corporations given the rights of citizens.

Originally Posted by cologal

At least one constitutional scholar saw it another way. Again no where in the constitution are corporations given the rights of citizens.

Freedom of speech is a Constitutional Right. The Supreme Court has ruled that contributing money to the candidate of you choice who espouses your ideals, and in effect is speaking for you, is akin to free speech.

Did you complain when the Supreme Court decided that burning our American Flag was free speech?

Also again, I am vindicated because you still haven't come up with a ruling by the four conservative justices that started this discussion.

Originally Posted by saratogaman

As does the self-anointed conservative or alleged constitutional whoopdedoo.
Bias is okay, if you can build a case for your point of view. Resorting to labels conveys no information; continuing to parrot nonsense of others convinces no one.
Give us some salient, provable facts or we will pay no attention to diatribes, talking points and utter nonsense.
It's an imperfect world, we have in imperfect government system, but allow for open discussion and efforts to move forward. If you want to knock who got elected, just remember they did get elected. Somebody won, somebody lost.
Limbaugh, Maddow, Hannity, Savage, Olberman, et al did not get elected. They make millions but produce nothing.
What have you added to the dialogue...and the nation?

You're hilarious!!! Thanks for the laughs.

You proved my point by writing an entire diatribe attacking me personally.

By the way; you don't know me and you have now idea what I might or might not have done to contribute to our nation. You have to calm down and just use your intellect and not your anger.

Originally Posted by cologal

At least one constitutional scholar saw it another way. Again no where in the constitution are corporations given the rights of citizens.

Read the 14th amendment

Check with Wikipedia

Try :corporation rights under the constitution.

Just stay away from Liberal spin sources.