Supreme Court Allows Corporations to Buy Elections

I strongly disagree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down another piece of Campaign Finance Law. By giving corporations the same free speech rights as individual human beings, the Court will allow companies to buy elections and further corrupt the political process. A century of precedent is stripped away by this ruling, which would allow both domestic and foreign corporations to pour unlimited amounts of cash into federal elections, overwhelming the will of the voters and the resources of candidates.

The American people are already struggling with the worst recession since the Great Depression, caused in part by the reckless behavior of certain Wall Street and corporate decision makers. The last thing they need is for these companies to be able to buy elections. I am working with my colleagues to reverse this 5-4 split decision, incredibly made by Justices who claim to be against judicial activism. Justice Scalia even voted against the decision he supported 20 years ago.

Members of Congress and the constituents I meet all agree that there is too much money in politics already, and the Courts decision will only make that problem worse. There will be swift action in Congress to restore the restrictions on direct campaign spending by corporations.



John Hall