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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason." -From "Common Sense," by Thomas Paine

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Terrible, just terrible.

What's next?  Giving corporations the right to vote?  I wish I was back in Professor Born's class to discuss this issue.  The students would have a better sense of Constitutional history and tradition that Samuel Alito and John Roberts.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/01/21/campaign_finance/index.html

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/515747/feingold_fears_lawless_court_ruling_on_corporate_campaigning

http://www.salon.com/news/tea_parties/index.html?story=/opinion/conason/2010/01/21/citizenstea 

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/21/chamber-scotus-citizens/

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/21/gop-citizens-united/
Posted by Sean Dacey at 9:38 PM
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